ALA AWARDS 1971

1971 , Volume , Issue Feb-1971

This impressive or CAÃ, system makes impressive contributions to the state of the art of CAI. It's a combination of field-proven hardware, a standard computer language, and well tested curricula. The first curriculum is an elementary mathematics drill and practice program. THAT A NEW PRODUCT SHOULD contribute substantially to the state of the art has long been a philosophical tenet at Hewlett-P...

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Why is the mirror neuron system so controversial? About a dozen papers have reported direct evidence for mirror neuron activity in monkeys and birds. Approximately 100 times as many papers refer to mirror neurons without directly recording their activity, often implying a link between mirror neurons and higher cognitive functions. While the existence of mirror neurons in animals is beyond doubt...

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Sloman 1971

This paper echoes, from a philosophical standpoint, the claim of McCarthy and Hayes that Philosophy and Artificial Intelligence have important relations. Philosophical problems about the use of 'intuition' in reasoning are related, via a concept of analogical representation, to problems in the simulation of perception, problem-solving and the generation of useful sets of possibilities in consid...

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