Abstract
The objective of research in the foundations of Al is to explore such
basic questions as:
What is a theory in Al? What are the most abstract assumptions underlying
the competing visions of intelligence? What are the basic arguments for
and against each assumption? In this essay I discuss five foundational
issues: (1) Core Al is the study of conceptualization and should begin
with knowledge level theories. (2) Cognition can be studied as a disembodied
process without solving the symbol grounding problem. (3) Cognition is
nicely described in propositional terms. (4) We can study cognition separately
from learning. (5) There is a single architecture underlying virtually
all cognition. I explain what each of these implies and present arguments
from both outside and inside Al why each has been seen as right or wrong.
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