Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!yale!krulwich-bruce From: krulwich-bruce@CS.YALE.EDU (Bruce Krulwich) Newsgroups: comp.ai Subject: Re: Cognitive AI vs Expert Systems Message-ID: <31872@yale-celray.yale.UUCP> Date: 21 Jun 88 03:02:26 GMT References: <19880620012136.6.NICK@INTERLAKEN.LCS.MIT.EDU> Sender: root@yale.UUCP Reply-To: krulwich-bruce@CS.YALE.EDU (Bruce Krulwich) Organization: Yale University Computer Science Dept, New Haven CT 06520-2158 Lines: 24 In a previous post, I claimed that there were differences between people doing "hard AI" (trying to achieve serious understanding and intelligence) and "soft AI" (trying to achieve intelligent behavior). dg1v+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU (David Greene) responds: >Since my researchs concerns developing knowledge acquisition approaches (via >machine learning) to address real world environments, I'm well aquainted with >not only the above literature, but psych, cog psych, JDM (judgement and >decision making), and BDT (behavioral decision theory). > >While I suspect AI researchers who work in Expert System might resent being >excluded from work in "serious intelligence", I think my point is that, for a >given phenomena, multiple viewpoints from different disciplines (literature) >can provide important breadth and insights. I agree fully, and I think you'll find this in the references section of alot of "hard AI" research work. (As a matter of fact, a fair number of researchers in "hard AI" are prof's in or have degrees psychology, linguistics, etc.) I'm sorry if my post seemed insulting -- it wasn't intended that way. I truly believe, however, that there are differences in the research goals, methods, and results of the two different areas. That's not a judgement, but it is a difference. Bruce Krulwich