On 2/15/08, Pei Wang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > To me, the following two questions are independent of each other: > > *. What type of reasoning is needed for AI? The major answers are: > (A): deduction only, (B) multiple types, including deduction, > induction, abduction, analogy, etc. > > *. What type of knowledge should be reasoned upon? The major answers > are: (1) declarative only, (2) declarative and procedural. > > All four combination of the two answers are possible. Cyc is mainly > A1; you seem to suggest A2; in NARS it is B2.
My current approach is "B1". I'm wondering what is your argument for including procedural knowledge, in addition to declarative? There is the idea of "deductive planning" which allows us to plan actions using a solely declarative KB. So procedural knowledge is not needed for acting. Also, if you include procedural knowledge, things may be learned doubly in your KB. For example, you may learn some declarative knowledge about the concept of "reverse" and also procedural knowledge of how to reverse sequences. Even worse, in some cases you may only have procedural knowledge, without anything declarative. That'd be like the intelligence of a calculator, without true understanding of maths. YKY ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: http://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=95818715-a78a9b Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
