Professor Ronald Hartung
Independent ConsultantGeneral Artificial Intelligence - Questions Not Asked.
Despite the claims in the press, not a lot of progress has been achieved in General Artificial Intelligence. This talk about past work and how some possible paths for achieving General AI may have been missed.
In the talk, this issue will be discussed by a review of the author’s past work with an eye to what might have been learned.
In any project or research effort, there remain questions that were not asked, let alone answered. This is logical as our work is driven, either by sponsors or the need to produce results for publication. When that end is achieved, the work is discontented. The first thought is about reviewing unsuccessful projects and that is indeed worthy. However, it may come as a surprise that successful project also deserve inquiry. The thesis here is that further questioning may have contributed to an advancement of AI, beyond the results the project.
Biography:
Professor, Ph.D. Ronald Lee Hartung received his Ph.D. in Computer Science at in 1987 and a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering in 1971, from The Ohio State University, USA. Professor Hartung's work in artificial intelligence dates to his Ph.D. studies early in 1980s. His work career has included both industrial research groups and academic positions. This work career includes time at The Naval Surface Weapons Center, Bell Laboratories, Quest Comminutions and The Design Knowledge Company. Beside teaching at several universities, he was a professor and Department Chair of Computer Science and Mathematics at Franklin University in Columbus Ohio (USA). While his projects and publications have generally been applied artificial intelligence in specific AI problems, his long-term interest has always been in General AI, especially in areas related to consciousness. Professor Hartung first attended KES in 2006 and has been active with KES 16 years. During the years, he has served as an invited session chair, track chair and member of the best paper committee. His body of work includes over 30 papers, one textbook and two US patents.
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