Does Wittgenstein Actually Undermine the Foundation of Artificial Intelligence?
XU Yingjin
Front. Philos. China ›› 2016, Vol. 11 ›› Issue (1) : 3 -20.
Does Wittgenstein Actually Undermine the Foundation of Artificial Intelligence?
Wittgenstein is widely viewed as a potential critic of a key philosophical assumption of the Strong Artificial Intelligence (AI) thesis, namely, that it is in principle possible to build a programmed machine which can achieve real intelligence. Stuart Shanker has provided the most systematic reconstruction of the Wittgensteinian argument against AI, building on Wittgenstein’s own statements, the “rule-following” feature of language-games, and the putative alliance between AI and psychologism. This article will attempt to refute this reconstruction and its constituent arguments, thereby paving the way for a new and amicable rather than agonistic conception of the Wittgensteinian position on AI.
Strong Artificial Intelligence (AI) / rule-following / psychologism / algorithm
Higher Education Press and Brill
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