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| public:t-709-aies-2025:aies-2025:intro2ai [2025/08/18 17:36] – [Key Concepts in Control] thorisson | public:t-709-aies-2025:aies-2025:intro2ai [2025/08/18 17:39] (current) – [Footnote: Terminology] thorisson |
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| | What is Reasoning? | A systematic way of thinking about implications. | | | What is Reasoning? | A systematic way of thinking about implications. | |
| | How is it done? | Via processes that observe rules. | | | How is it done? | Via processes that observe rules. | |
| | What are the main types? | Deduction: All men are mortal. Socrates is a man. Hence, Socrates is mortal \\ Abduction: How did this come about? (Sherlock Holmes) \\ Induction: What is the general rule? \\ Analogy: 'This' is like 'that' (in 'this' way). | | | What are the main types? | **Deduction**: All men are mortal. Socrates is a man. Hence, Socrates is mortal \\ **Abduction**: How did this come about? (Sherlock Holmes) \\ **Induction**: What is the general rule? \\ **Analogy**: 'This' is like 'that' (in 'this' way). | |
| | How is it used in science? | In empirical science to unearth the "rules of the universe". \\ In mathematics as axioms. \\ In philosophy as a way to construct arguments. \\ In computer science to write code. | | | How is it used in science? | In empirical science to unearth the "rules of the universe". \\ In mathematics as axioms. \\ In philosophy as a way to construct arguments. \\ In computer science to write code. | |
| | Why does it work? | Because the world's behavior is/seems rule-based, some of which we have figured out to date (a very small part!). | | | Why does it work? | Because the world's behavior is/seems rule-based, some of which we have figured out to date (a very small - but important - part!). | |
| | How is Reasoning relevant to AI & Ethics? | To manage rules requires reasoning. Intelligence makes models of the rules of the physical world. Therefore, reasoning is a necessary part of any intelligence. AI seeks to create machines that contain intelligence, thus AI must seek methods for machines that reason. Ethics can only make sense if it can be encoded in rules. | | | How is Reasoning relevant to AI & Ethics? | To manage rules requires reasoning. Intelligence makes models of the rules of the physical world. Therefore, reasoning is a necessary part of any intelligence, whether artifiical or natural. \\ AI seeks to create machines that contain intelligence, thus AI must seek methods for **machines that reason**. Ethics can only make sense if it can be encoded in rules. | |
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