Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!mailrus!ames!sgi!wdl1!mikeb From: mikeb@wdl1.UUCP (Michael H. Bender) Newsgroups: comp.ai Subject: Re: Cognitive AI vs Expert Systems Message-ID: <3470004@wdl1.UUCP> Date: 22 Jun 88 15:10:39 GMT References: <31872@yale-celray.yale.UUCP> Lines: 22 I think terms like "hard AI" and "soft AI" are potentially offensive and imply a set of values (i.e. some set of problems being of more value than others). Instead, I highly recommend that you use the distinctions proposed by Jon Doyle in the AI Magazine (Spring 88), in which he distinguishes between the following (note - the short definitions are MINE, not Doyle's) o COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY ANALYSIS - i.e. the search for explanations based on comutational complexity o ARTICULATING INTELLIGENCE - i.e. codifying command and expert knowledge. o RATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY - i.e. the cognitive science that deals with trying to understand human thinking o PSYCHOLOGICAL ENGINEERING - i.e. the development of new techniques for implementing human-like behaviors and capacities Note - using this demarcation it is easier to pin-point the different areas in which a person is working.