Representing physical objects in memory. Lehnert, W In Philosophical Perspectives in Artificial Intelligence, pages 81–109. Humanities press, Brighton, 1979.
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[first paragraph] Many people who have watched artificial intelligence research over the years perceive some irony in the general direction the field has taken. In its early years artificial intelligence was dominated by an interest in behaviours that were ostensibly intelligent: theorem proving, chess playing and general problem solving were strong areas of research activity. These tasks are no longer in the mainstream of artificial intelligence. Research in artificial intelligence is currently dominated by 'fundamental' problems like visual scene analysis and natural language processing. It looks as if we have regressed from activities that are impressively 'adult' to activities that are mastered by three-year-olds. Today, it would be considered a tremendous step forward if we could produce a computer program that conversed on the level of a three-year-old child.
@incollection{Lehnert1979,
abstract = {[first paragraph] Many people who have watched artificial intelligence research over the years perceive some irony in the general direction the field has taken. In its early years artificial intelligence was dominated by an interest in behaviours that were ostensibly intelligent: theorem proving, chess playing and general problem solving were strong areas of research activity. These tasks are no longer in the mainstream of artificial intelligence. Research in artificial intelligence is currently dominated by 'fundamental' problems like visual scene analysis and natural language processing. It looks as if we have regressed from activities that are impressively 'adult' to activities that are mastered by three-year-olds. Today, it would be considered a tremendous step forward if we could produce a computer program that conversed on the level of a three-year-old child.},
address = {Brighton},
author = {Lehnert, W},
booktitle = {Philosophical Perspectives in Artificial Intelligence},
editor = {Ringle, M.},
file = {:Users/michaelk/Library/Application Support/Mendeley Desktop/Downloaded/Lehnert - 1979 - Representing physical objects in memory.pdf:pdf},
pages = {81--109},
publisher = {Humanities press},
title = {{Representing physical objects in memory}},
year = {1979}
}

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