Connectionists: ChatGPT’s “understanding” of maps and infographics

[David H Kirshner]

You’re right, David.
I should have said “Back in Alan Turing’s time when the possibility of AI meant the possibility of symbolic AI, ….”
I’m not sure how my argument was bolstered by that “revisionist history.”
David

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Subject: Re: Connectionists: ChatGPT’s “understanding” of maps and infographics

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On Feb 15, 2024, at 8:17 AM, David H Kirshner <dkirsh at lsu.edu<mailto:dkirsh at lsu.edu>> wrote:

Back in Alan Turing’s time when AI meant symbolic AI, ….

It’s nice to create a revisionist history to bolster an argument, but…

Back in Alan Turing's time AI did not exist. Symbolic or neural.  Turing’s paper is quite readable and anticilpates many of the issues still discussed. It can be found here:

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I.—COMPUTING MACHINERY AND INTELLIGENCE<https://academic.oup.com/mind/article/LIX/236/433/986238?login=false>
academic.oup.com<https://academic.oup.com/mind/article/LIX/236/433/986238?login=false>


David

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