According to this venerable researcher, "An artificial intelligence program is algorithmic: You write a series of instructions that are based on conditionals, and you anticipate what the problems might be. "
Has he ever heard of sub-symbolic AI?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_intelligence#Sub-symbolic_AI
sorry about the header of my previous comment. (was my first attempt to write a comment in Slashdot..)
According to this venerable researcher, "An artificial intelligence program is algorithmic: You write a series of instructions that are based on conditionals, and you anticipate what the problems might be. " Has he ever heard of sub-symbolic AI? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_intelligence#Sub-symbolic_AI