This book is a critique of Artificial Intelligence (AI) from the perspective of cognitive science it seeks to examine what we have learned about human cognition from AI successes and failures. The book s goal is to separate those AI dreams that either have been or could be realized from those that are constructed through discourse and are unrealizable. AI research has advanced many areas that are intellectually compelling and holds great promise for advances in science, engineering, and practical systems. After the 1980s, however, the field has often struggled to deliver widely on these...

This book is a critique of Artificial Intelligence (AI) from the perspective of cognitive science it seeks to examine what we have learned about human cognition from AI successes and failures. The book s goal is to separate those AI dreams that either have been or could be realized from those that are constructed through discourse and are unrealizable. AI research has advanced many areas that are intellectually compelling and holds great promise for advances in science, engineering, and practical systems. After the 1980s, however, the field has often struggled to deliver widely on these...