Problems in the Theory of Automata and Artificial Intelligence
Victor M. Glushkov · Journal of Cybernetics · 1971
The theory of automata, as every other scientific endeavor, has in its early stage of development, drawn new problems primarily from practical requirements. At present the basic field of practical application for the theory of automata is in the design of electronic computers. However, the publications of recent years reveal a tendency toward development of the fundamental problems in that theory … problems which are divorced from application. As a consequence, for example, certain American computer planners view the theory of automata as being only an “academic” science divorced from real life.