He will also attend this symposium and
will offer a poster presentation.
POSTER TITLE FOR SYMPOSIUM: Large-Scale Models of the Mind
TITLE FOR PLENARY TALK:
Future Models for Mind-Machines
(Postscript available.)
ABSTRACT:
``Seek not to follow in the footsteps of men of old; seek what they
sought.'' -- Matsuo Basho
In recent years some political leaders of several countries have
expressed concern that in future years their countries will not
have enough young people to support the large proportion of old ones.
So, incredibly, they propose to take steps to increase their
reproduction rates. Instead we embark on programs to develop intelligent
robots that could increase productivity in the fields where shortages
may appear. Then, each working human could easily support many more
other ones -- with less damage to our environment.
However, there has not been much progress in recent years toward
making machines that are able to do most mundane jobs that people do.
I think this is because most AI researchers have not used adequate
large-scale models for designing systems that could have enough ``common
sense'' or ``resourcefulness.''