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From: gilbert@hci.hw.ac.uk (Gilbert Cockton)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Re: Goal of AI: where are we going?
Message-ID: <129@glenlivet.hci.hw.ac.uk>
Date: Thu, 22-Oct-87 12:20:09 EST
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Posted: Thu Oct 22 12:20:09 1987
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Reply-To: gilbert@hci.hw.ac.uk (Gilbert Cockton)
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In article <1368@houdi.UUCP> marty1@houdi.UUCP (M.BRILLIANT) writes:
>Factually, we know the mind is flawed because we observe that it does
>not do what we expect of it.

I expect my car to fetch my shoes
I observe that my car does not fetch my shoes
My car is flawed.

I expect my dog to not move from the fire when I come to put more coal on
I observe that my dog is moving when I come to put more coal on
My dog is flawed

I expect the word foliage to mean any "leaves" on trees shrubs
I observe that people in New England use the word to mean Autumn leaves
People in New England are flawed

Wow! This must be logic we're seeing :-)

Now for an argument based only on my understanding of what it is to
convince: We can expect nothing untoward from something we do not
fully understand at the level of a predictive model. I understand my
car, I do not understand dogs or New Englanders. 
-- 
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