September 10th Notes
Fallacy of fake precision:
-The argument treats itÕs evidence as highly precise when in actuality, precision is poor.
Exp.#1 cigarette nicotine
Exp.#2 apple G5 processor power
Fallacy of slippery slope:
-If you adopt some change, fallacy says it will lead to a landslide of consequence, when in reality, steps of change occur gradually
Exp.#1 pledge of allegiance
Exp.#2 car-seat laws
Discussion Questions
i.
Traditional AI: Information processing
-Input > Process > Output
-Popular idea of human/ general intelligence/ the mind is the Òseat of intelligenceÓ
-Talking computer programs in Loebner contest
Embodied Cognitive Science:
-Rodney Brooks
-Looking at agent within the environment
-Illustrates flaws of traditional AI cognition
-Processes could be linked in an asynchronous, parallel array.
-A bunch of modules doing their own things that interact with the environment and communicate with each other indirectly
Exp. Six-legged robot based on this theory works/walks
ii.
autonomous agent: works independently and interacts with environment freely without a certain input
Group Debate: ÒAre computers autonomous agents? Why or why not?Ó
iii.
In Thinking Styles and SternbergÕs view of intelligence
Group Debate 2: ÒIn reference to SternbergÕs chapter one, are people more like the traditional AI or more like the embodied viewÓ