Single Idea 6655

[catalogued under 18. Thought / B. Mechanics of Thought / 6. Artificial Thought / a. Artificial Intelligence]

Full Idea

The 'Frame Problem' in artificial intelligence is how to write a program which not only embodies people's general knowledge, but specifies how that knowledge is to be applied appropriately, when circumstances can't be specified in advance.

Gist of Idea

The 'Frame Problem' is how to program the appropriate application of general knowledge

Source

E.J. Lowe (Introduction to the Philosophy of Mind [2000], Ch. 8)

Book Reference

Lowe,E.J.: 'Introduction to the Philosophy of Mind' [CUP 2000], p.220


A Reaction

As Lowe observes, this is a problem, but not necessarily an impossibility. There should be a way to symbolically map the concepts of knowledge onto the concepts of perception, just as we must do.

Related Idea

Idea 12655 Frame Problem: how to eliminate most beliefs as irrelevant, without searching them? [Fodor]