| Lighthill's categories irrelevant to AI research Einwand1 #536 Report implies AI research is only useful insofar as it contributes to industrial applications (A) and neuroscience (C). But AI has its own goals: studying structures of information and problem solving independently of their realisation in humans. |
Note: an early variant of this argument was made by Professor D. Michie in an appendix to the Lighthill Report. John McCarthy (1990a). |