Chapter 9. Understanding language

9.1 Artificial intelligence and language understanding

9.2 The problem of background

p 112

The question "Is X a bachelor?" cannot be answered without considering the potential answers to "Why do you want to know?" This is what Gadamer means by "A question behind each statement that first gives it its meaning."

9.3 Understanding as pattern recognition

p 115

The artificial intelligence literature of the 1970s heralded a move away from the traditional problem-solving orientation towards a new centered around 'frames' and 'expectations'.
[Citation from Minsky75 p 212-213]

9.4 What does it mean to understand?


Part II, 8. Computation and intelligence 10. Current directions in artificial intelligence,
Marc Girod