The problem with this argument is that it is very similar to arguments made in the late 1950s in a previous wave of AI optimism.
Why is that a problem? A lot of technologies that get developed get developed in a similar situation where earlier dreams to develop the technology failed.
Yes but when it does finally succeed, SOMETHING must be different.
That is what I go on to discuss. That something of course is the invention of DL. So my claim is that if DL is really not any better than symbol systems then the argument will come to the same inglorious end this time.
Why is that a problem? A lot of technologies that get developed get developed in a similar situation where earlier dreams to develop the technology failed.
Yes but when it does finally succeed, SOMETHING must be different.
That is what I go on to discuss. That something of course is the invention of DL. So my claim is that if DL is really not any better than symbol systems then the argument will come to the same inglorious end this time.