7 papers
Future progress in artificial intelligence: A survey of expert opinion
Vincent C. Müller, Nick Bostrom
There is, in some quarters, concern about high-level machine intelligence and superintelligent AI coming up in a few decades, bringing with it significant risks for humanity. In ot…
Which symbol grounding problem should we try to solve?
Vincent C. Müller
Floridi and Taddeo propose a condition of "zero semantic commitment" for solutions to the grounding problem, and a solution to it. I argue briefly that their condition cannot be fu…
On the Possibilities of Hypercomputing Supertasks
Vincent C. Müller
This paper investigates the view that digital hypercomputing is a good reason for rejection or re-interpretation of the Church-Turing thesis. After suggestion that such re-interpre…
Symbol grounding in computational systems: A paradox of intentions
Vincent C. Müller
The paper presents a paradoxical feature of computational systems that suggests that computationalism cannot explain symbol grounding. If the mind is a digital computer, as computa…
Would you mind being watched by machines? Privacy concerns in data mining
Vincent C. Müller
Data mining is not an invasion of privacy because access to data is only by machines, not by people: this is the argument that is investigated here. The current importance of this…
Is there a future for AI without representation?
Vincent C. Müller
This paper investigates the prospects of AI without representation in general, and the proposals of Rodney Brooks in particular. What turns out to be characteristic of Brooks' prop…