[aiethics] List of popular misconceptions (was: AW: Bots and The Law )

Christian Dro?mann drossmann@arcormail.de
Sat, 4 Aug 2001 19:05:58 +0400


Richard wrote:


> > As for a list of popular A.I. misconceptions, I think that's a
> great idea!
>
> Some A.I. "experts" would say that it is a popular misconception that
> machines can "really understand" natural language.  The problem with =
the
> misconceptions list is that it might turn into a religious argument =
about
> one form of A.I. versus another.

I think that at the beginning of the list we should clearly state that =
we
are talking about the present state of development, not about =
hypothetical
or future issues. This might help avoid some "religious" discussion =
about
it...

Christian




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