What computers still can't do: a critique of artificial reason
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In classic rule-based AI, experience was largely absent; Dreyfus argues that rule-based symbolic systems fall short of replicating human intelligence precisely because they lack the experiential basis.
“In classic rule-based AI, experience was largely absent. In What Computers Can't Do , Dreyfus (1992) argues that rule-based symbolic systems fall short of replicating human intelligence precisely because they lack the experiential basis.”
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- Authors
- Penny, S., & Dreyfus, H.
- Venue
- Leonardo
- Publisher
- JSTOR
- Published
- 1994
- Volume
- 27
- Issue
- 1
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- 83
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- 0024-094X
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