GOFAI mostly recapitulated logical positivism, because the lessons of its failure were lost. Contemporary rationalism mostly recapitulates the errors of 1980s AI, because the lessons of its failures were lost.https://twitter.com/jonathanstray/status/1006951967653064704 …
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The current replication crisis is partly due to ignoring the lesson of the failures of earlier rationalisms: a reliable mechanical route to knowledge is impossible in principle. The first part of the Eggplant book explains why. The rest explains what to do instead.pic.twitter.com/RDPC4hNvF9
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Replying to @Meaningness
Yeah. The meta-problems of systematization doesn't mean we can't have better methods though. I personally hope for better replication in the future.
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Yes, I think the reform effort in psychology, particularly, is exciting and should help a lot!
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