I’m deeply puzzled by Hofstadter’s response, but I don’t imagine a culture gap explains it. The only thing I can thing of is that Hofstadter must have gotten a LOT more pessimistic about the prospects for a robust AI since the days of GEB.
I’m deeply puzzled by Hofstadter’s response, but I don’t imagine a culture gap explains it. The only thing I can thing of is that Hofstadter must have gotten a LOT more pessimistic about the prospects for a robust AI since the days of GEB.