Self programming inductive machines only approximate inductive methods. Humans use inductive methods that can't be formalised. We see this in two ways:
1) Human induction is essentially a creative process that starts with an unspecified set of alternatives. Computers work only with specified alternatives.
2) The concept of probabilityâwhich is essential to inductionâis flexible and is determined by the use to which it is put. Machines are constrained to use probability in ways that humans determine for them. Machines can't fit the concept of probability to new situations.
C.T.K. Chari (1963). |