Daniel Dennett: 2 ideas worth knowing

2 ideas from Daniel Dennett, each explained in a minute and credited to the original work. Free on Savvy.

A robot that reasons about everything a bomb won't change never defuses it
In 1969, John McCarthy and Patrick Hayes named the frame problem: a logical system tracking a changing world must somehow know which facts stay the same after an action, without la…
— Daniel Dennett, Cognitive Wheels: The Frame Problem of AI
Dennett: treat a system as if it has beliefs, and you can often predict it
Daniel Dennett argued any system — a person, a thermostat, a chess program — can be explained at three levels: physical, design, or "intentional," where you simply assume it has be…
— Daniel Dennett, The Intentional Stance

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