Norvig vs. Chomsky and the Fight for the Future of AI

Re:Norvig vs. Chomsky and the Fight for the Future of AI by waterlesscloud on Wednesday July 25, 2012 @10:45AM (#4291167)

I think statistical models are an 80% solution. They get a long way down the path very quickly, but then they hit a wall and don't advance much further. Search, translation, probably also autonomous vehicles. They get to a point with statistical approaches and then they stop advancing.

The rapid success at first may be leading to a dead end.

Having said that, there's a lot of value in these technologies as assistance to human intelligence, but I'm skeptical they're ever going to lead to full-on autonomous intelligence.

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Re:Norvig vs. Chomsky and the Fight for the Future of AI by jan_g on Wednesday July 25, 2012 @10:59AM (#4291220)

But when does your average human hit a wall? Pretty quickly, I'd say. Mostly due to laziness and parenting and getting old.

I think that you are also getting at the _sentience_. I think this is what most people refer to when speaking about true AI. You know, having consciousness, desires, social skills, etc.

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