bs2Mar 9, 2023
In 2012, Noam Chomsky mentioned a Lisp-language guy, #PatWinston. Winston said that, in the AI^1 field, people were directed away from "original questions." That sent me to #Chomsky's #PowersAndProspects(1996). _Prospects_ reminded me of Alex Carey's _Taking the Risk Out of Democracy_ and I now see #Mayo's #HawthorneStudies as 1927-1932 #PHacking. #GeorgeEltonMayo! in textbooks.
^1 AI, short for SALAMI: Systematic Approaches to Learning Algorithms and Machine Inferences #AISalami
Show threadbs2Mar 8, 2023
#NoamChomsky(2012) mentions a #PatWinston talk of #AI getting "to the point where" they could do something useful, turned to "practical applications and.. abandoned.. the more fundamental #ScientificQuestions.. caught up in.. #technology and achieving specific goals" and came to "direct people away from the original questions." #Chomsky was "skeptical about the original work.. too optimistic.. assuming.. you could achieve things.. real understanding"
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/11/noam-chomsky-on-where-artificial-intelligence-went-wrong/261637/
#Science v. #Tech
Noam Chomsky: Where Artificial Intelligence Went Wrong

An extended conversation with the legendary linguist

The Atlantic