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Computer Science as Empirical Inquiry: Symbols and Search

The Eric Normand Podcast

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The Generator Is a High Level Player, Right?

When the symbolic system knows enough about what to do, it simply proceeds directly toward its goal. Whenever its knowledge knowledge becomes inadequate, it must go through large amounts of search before it finds its way again. Potential for expedential explosion warns us against depending on the brute force of computers as a compensation for the ignorance and unselectivity of their generators. The hope is still ignited in some human breasts that a computer can be found that is fast enough and that can be programmed cleverly enough to play good chess by brute force search.

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