Essay on Artificial Intelligence and Logic - repost

In a position paper on the role of logic in artificial intelligence, Nilsson argued that the logical

approach to AI is based on three theses:

Thesis 1 “Intelligent machines will have knowledge of their environments.”1

Thesis 2 “The most versatile intelligent machines will represent much of their knowledge about

their environments declaratively.”1

Thesis 3 “For the most versatile machines, the language in which declarative knowledge is represented must be at least as expressive as first-order predicate calculus.”’1

Nilsson’s view is not universally accepted, and indeed even at the time Birnbaum2 offered a

strong response. The debate has continued over the years with various researchers making arguments for and against Nilsson’s theses.

The coursework task:

In this coursework you should consider the literature, beginning with Nilsson’s and Birnbaum’s

papers and including other more recent views, and argue for or against Nilsson’s view. (Note that

these papers and others are available via the library e-resources.)

Your essay should be a maximum of 2000 words long (excluding references), typewritten in 11pt

font with 1.5 line spacing, and printed to a reasonable quality

Cheating/Plagiarism

This coursework is an individual piece of work. While discussion of general concepts and ideas

is a healthy academic activity, any work submitted for assessment must not include that of others.

Please see the student handbook for more information, or ask if you need guidance.

1Nils J. Nilsson, Logic and artificial intelligence. Artificial Intelligence 47(1-3):31–56, 1991.

2Lawrence Birnbaum, Rigor mortis: a response to Nilsson’s ”Logic and artificial intelligence”. Artificial Intelligence 47(1-3):57–77, 1991.

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