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From: japplega@csm9a.UUCP (Joe Applegate)
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Subject: Re: Why AI is not a science
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Date: Sat, 11-Jul-87 00:48:04 EDT
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> From jlc@goanna.OZ.AU.UUCP Sat Feb  5 23:28:16 206
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> May be AI is such unorthodox Science, or perhaps an Art.
> Let us keep AI this way!

I'm not sure there is any maybe about it!  AI development, is in my humble
opinion, the most creative expression of the programmers art.  Any semi-
educated fool can code a program... but the creation of a useful, productivity
enhancing application or system is far more art than science!  The same is
more so in AI development, a query and answer style expert system can be
coded in basic by a high school hacker... but the true application for AI
is in sophisticated applications that employ high quality presentation
techniques that eliminate the ambiguities so often present in a text only
presentation.

One benefit of the advent of the personal computer is the redirection of
software product developent away from data driven environment of DP and
accounting and towards the presentation style environment of the non-DP
professional.  Fortunately, most AI development systems are acknowledging
this trend by providing graphical interfaces.

Art mimics science and the application of science is an art!

    Joe Applegate - Colorado School of Mines Computing Center
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