Minimalist AI

The Minimalist AI group is for those interested in taking a minimalist approach to Artificial Intelligence.
Exactly what is meant by a minimalist approach is a topic of discussion for this group!

In general, a minimalist approach should adopt the principle that 'less is more' by looking for elegant, insightful solutions to carefully posed problems.

Introductory Reading

The Philosophy of Information: A Methodological Point of View
Gian Maria Greco, Gianluca Paronitti, Matteo Turilli, and Luciano Floridi.
Information Ethics Group, Oxford University Computer Laboratory, Oxford, United Kingdom.

http://www.philosophyofinformation.net/publications/pdf/tpoiampov.pdf

The authors discuss the Philosophy of Information as a new area of research and ask:
Are there specific methods in computer science that can help us to approach philosophical problems computationally?

In answer, they introduce three methods: Minimalism, the Method of Abstraction and Constructionism.
As examples they cite the Turing Test [1] and Brooks' Mobots [2].

References

[1] Turing, A. M.: Computing Machinery and Intelligence. Mind 49 (1950) 433-460

[2] Brooks, R.: Intelligence without Representation. Artificial Intelligence 47 (1991) 139-159.

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