Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles; site iuvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!inuxc!iubugs!iuvax!marek From: marek@iuvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.ai Subject: Re: H. Dreyfus' interview Message-ID: <3600034@iuvax.UUCP> Date: Fri, 8-Nov-85 17:33:00 EST Article-I.D.: iuvax.3600034 Posted: Fri Nov 8 17:33:00 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 11-Nov-85 06:18:42 EST References: <917@prlb2.UUCP> Lines: 9 Nf-ID: #R:prlb2:-91700:iuvax:3600034:000:411 Nf-From: iuvax!marek Nov 8 17:33:00 1985 In response to my question asked at a recent talk of his at the nearby DePauw University, "connectionism" (a la Hinton, Hofstadter) is great and worthwile. Dreyfus means by "AI" Simonesque physical symbol pushing. I think that 3000 years was too generous on his part. Perhaps he was just being charming. -- Marek Lugowski Indiana University CS Dept Bloomington, Indiana 47405