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International Studies in Phenomenology and Philosophy

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Naturalness of artificial intelligence

Jan Romportl

pp. 211-216

Abstract

This position paper offers an answer to the question about the difference between artificial and natural. By building up a dichotomy between physis and logos, it argues that this difference is given by language and by what can be grasped with words. It concludes with an assertion that Good Old-Fashioned AI (GOFAI) cannot create anything natural, whereas emergent AI can, because emergent phenomena are intrinsically natural, which is a very important fact for the AI field. The paper also offers a view on the difference between the roles of an AI engineer in GOFAI and in emergent AI.

Publication details

Published in:

Romportl Jan, Zackova Eva, Kelemen Jozef (2015) Beyond artificial intelligence: the disappearing human-machine divide. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 211-216

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-09668-1_16

Full citation:

Romportl Jan (2015) „Naturalness of artificial intelligence“, In: J. Romportl, E. Zackova & J. Kelemen (eds.), Beyond artificial intelligence, Dordrecht, Springer, 211–216.