There is just no way we can build reliable, robust AI with systems that cannot match the 
basic reasoning and model construction young children routinely do. Waiting for 
cognitive models and reasoning to magically emerge from larger and larger training 
corpora is like waiting for a miracle. 

The bottom line is this: too little current research is being directed towards building 
systems with cognitive models. The emphasis on end-to-end learning with massive 
training sets has distracted from the core of what higher-level cognition if about. Most 
researchers aren't even trying to build systems that revolve around cognitive models, 

 

 

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