TIL about Mortimer Taube, a pioneer in information and library sciences, whose "Computers and Common Sense: The Myth of Thinking Machines" (1961) and its analysis/critique of "thinking machines" is still relevant to today's discussions involving artificial intelligence
https://www.academia.edu/44060449/The_General_Problem_Solver_Does_Not_Exist_Mortimer_Taube_and_the_Ar…
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https://www.academia.edu/44060449/The_General_Problem_Solver_Does_Not_Exist_Mortimer_Taube_and_the_Ar…
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The "General Problem Solver" Does Not Exist: Mortimer Taube and the Art of AI Criticism
This article reconfigures the history of artificial intelligence (AI) and its accompanying tradition of criticism by excavating the work of Mortimer Taube, a pioneer in information and library sciences, whose magnum opus, Computers and Common Sense:Shunryu Garvey (www.academia.edu)
