Pavitra comments on AI prediction case study 2: Dreyfus's Artificial Alchemy - Less Wrong

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Comment author: shminux 12 March 2013 07:48:39PM 1 point [-]

A second lesson could be about the importance of philosophy: it does seem that philosophers' meta-analytical skills can contribute useful ideas to AI - a fact that is certainly not self-evident.

You mean, pointing out the inductive/linear extrapolation/planning/confirmation fallacies? That's no longer in the realm of philosophy, but rather cognitive science.