How Empiricism Distorts AI and Robotics.
Antoni Diller · 2005
The main goal of AI and Robotics is that of creating a humanoid robot that can interact with human beings. Such an android would have to have the ability to acquire knowledge about the world it inhabits. Currently, the gaining of beliefs through testimony is hardly investigated in AI because researchers have uncritically accepted empiricism. Great emphasis is placed on perception as a source of knowledge. It is important to understand perception, but even more important is an understanding of testimony. A sketch of a theory of testimony is presented and an appeal for more research is made.