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From: krulwich-bruce@CS.YALE.EDU (Bruce Krulwich)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Re: Cognitive AI vs Expert Systems
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Date: 21 Jun 88 03:02:26 GMT
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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