#NoamChomsky(2012) mentions a #PatWinston talk of #AI getting "to the point where" they could do something useful, turned to "practical applications and.. abandoned.. the more fundamental #ScientificQuestions.. caught up in.. #technology and achieving specific goals" and came to "direct people away from the original questions." #Chomsky was "skeptical about the original work.. too optimistic.. assuming.. you could achieve things.. real understanding"
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/11/noam-chomsky-on-where-artificial-intelligence-went-wrong/261637/
#Science v. #Tech