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From: gomez@ENUXHA.EAS.ASU.EDU (Jose L. Gomez-Rubio)
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Subject: scripts revisted...
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Date: 29 Mar 91 01:33:53 GMT
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Read Shank's readings on scripts.  Have a question though on the restaurant
script:

What if one develops many scripts for all the restaurants for a particular
city but the system suggests all the restaurants irregardless of the 
inputs provided?

I've read some criticisms of the script paradigm.  One by Hubert Dreyfus 
(sorry if I got the name wrong), a noted critic of AI, he suggests the
script approach is to ad hoc in its representation.  Can someone elaborate
on this?

I think that the script representation can't handle unexpected scenarios and
is only designed for stereotypical situations.

Thanks for the info!