"If we focus on endowing machines with common sense and deep understanding, rather than simply focusing on statistical analysis..." I'll never understand this false dichotomy. Not sure how an understanding of the world is built up if not by statistical analysis.
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@GaryMarcus new book, though I'm guessing there's a high probability these are not precisely his words. Nonetheless, the same argument pops up in other places too.1 reply 0 retweets 3 likesShow this thread -
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yes. of course the point of writing the book is that argument is too subtle to capture in a jacket description or a tweet.
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It is so subtle I've never quite grasped it. 'Endowing machines with common sense and deep understanding' in the obvious way was tried for 50 years (it's the obvious thing to try first) and didn't work. What's different about your proposal now? (ps. I'll read the book...)
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And yes, i think did requires a book-length essay for us to assess limits of extant approaches and to diagnose why previous commonsense approaches have failed.
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