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Intelligence 1: What makes us intelligent?

Simplifying Complexity

The Missing Link: The Lack of Representation/Encoding in AI and Machine Learning

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  • There was a fight early on in the history of intelligence between B.F. Skinner and Noam Chomsky.
  • Skinner believed in strict behaviorism while Chomsky argued that there was an innate structure that supports language.
  • AI is focused on reinforcement and neglects the importance of collective cultural artifacts for human intelligence.
  • Our intelligence is mediated through language, mathematics, music, or shared artifacts.

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