Re:Why the future of AI is neurosymbolic. (A rare optimistic...
by godelski on Sunday July 28, 2024 @08:51PM
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> The brain doesn't have a CPU-like architecture doing symbolic reasoning.
While I agree with the first part I'm not convinced of the second. Can you elaborate? I'm fairly certain people write down symbols on paper (or chalkboards or computer screens), manipulate those symbols, and then uncover new laws of physics[0].
> we now offload this kind of reasoning to computers because they do.
Do we? I'd also like this elaborated on. I do not disagree that we offload computation, but I'm not convinced we offload reasoning. There are automated reasoning systems but they are still human directed and I should mention are symbolic in nature.
I also want to make sure we're using the word "reasoning" to refer to the same thing. I am using the definition from here[1] which is congruent with this[2]
While I agree with the first part I'm not convinced of the second. Can you elaborate? I'm fairly certain people write down symbols on paper (or chalkboards or computer screens), manipulate those symbols, and then uncover new laws of physics[0].
> we now offload this kind of reasoning to computers because they do.
Do we? I'd also like this elaborated on. I do not disagree that we offload computation, but I'm not convinced we offload reasoning. There are automated reasoning systems but they are still human directed and I should mention are symbolic in nature.
I also want to make sure we're using the word "reasoning" to refer to the same thing. I am using the definition from here[1] which is congruent with this[2]
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_symbol_system
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reason
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automated_reasoning