The example problem domain ("automated language translation") is actually a stellar counter-example to the claim. Has anyone actually tried to use Google Translate for anything sophisticated? It's still truly horrible, by human standards. The field needs more research and deeper conceptual understanding, not less.
Have you compared Google Translate with the previous attempts to do automated translation based on conceptual understanding?
There is a reason why Google Translate would be claimed to be a success.
Perhaps it is only a human reflex to believe that some contemplation is needed to solve problems that have resisted mounds of data being thrown on them. But being not-coincidentally human, I happen to find it plausible.
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The example problem domain ("automated language translation") is actually a stellar counter-example to the claim. Has anyone actually tried to use Google Translate for anything sophisticated? It's still truly horrible, by human standards. The field needs more research and deeper conceptual understanding, not less.
Have you compared Google Translate with the previous attempts to do automated translation based on conceptual understanding?
There is a reason why Google Translate would be claimed to be a success.
Hmm,
Being the best of a bad lot isn't enough.
Perhaps it is only a human reflex to believe that some contemplation is needed to solve problems that have resisted mounds of data being thrown on them. But being not-coincidentally human, I happen to find it plausible.