Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ucbvax!ht.ai.mit.EDU!hamscher From: hamscher@ht.ai.mit.EDU.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.ai.digest Subject: Why AI is not a science Message-ID: <8707071241.AA06339@ht.ai.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 7-Jul-87 08:41:33 EDT Article-I.D.: ht.8707071241.AA06339 Posted: Tue Jul 7 08:41:33 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 11-Jul-87 13:45:47 EDT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Distribution: world Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 14 Approved: ailist@stripe.sri.com Date: Fri, 3 Jul 87 07:29:41 pdt From: norman%ics@sdcsvax.ucsd.edu (Donald A. Norman) I started out writing a message that said this message was 97% true, but that there was an arguable 3%, namely: The problem is that most folks in AI think they are scientists * * * I was going to pick a nit with the word "most". Then, I remembered that the AAAI-86 Proceedings were split into a "Science" track and an "Engineering" track, the former being about half again as thick as the latter...