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From: WILKINS@SRI-AI.ARPA
Newsgroups: net.ai
Subject: why AI is hard to read
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Date: Wed, 23-Nov-83 17:38:38 EST
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From:  Wilkins  <WILKINS@SRI-AI.ARPA>

There is one reason much AI literature is hard to read. It is common for
authors to invent a whole new set of jargon to describe their system, instead
of desribing it in some common language (e.g., first order logic) or relating
it to previous well-understood systems or principles.  In recent years
there has been an increased awareness of this problem, and hopefully things
are improving and will continue to do so. There are also a lot more
submissions now to IJCAI, etc, so higher standards end up being applied.
Keep truckin'
David Wilkins