作为AI历史的长期记录者与参与者,帕梅拉·麦科杜克(Pamela McCorduck)的视角独特而深远。她既是1979年开创性著作《会思考的机器》(Machines Who Think)的作者,也亲历了从达特茅斯会议到复杂性科学兴起的数十年变革。在这次访谈中,她追溯了AI诞生的神话根源,分享了与约翰·麦卡锡、赫伯特·西蒙等奠基人交往的珍贵记忆,并从一位人文背景学者的角度,审视了技术狂热背后的永恒冲动与深层恐惧。
"Artificial intelligence began with the ancient wish to forge the gods." —— 人工智能始于锻造神祇的古老愿望。
"The Hellenic point of view is robots are great... The Bragg view has to do with thou shalt not make any graven image." —— 希腊式的观点是机器人很棒……而《圣经》式的观点则源于“不可为自己雕刻偶像”的戒律。
"I wanted AI to succeed because I was so tired of hearing that intelligence was inside the male cranium." —— 我曾希望AI成功,因为我厌倦了听到“智慧存在于男性颅骨之内”的论调。
"I admire science perhaps more than I admire commerce... the winter is just something that happens on the Commerce side." —— 我敬仰科学,或许胜过敬仰商业……“寒冬”只是商业一侧会发生的现象。
"What I worry about is the things that we can't anticipate." —— 我所担忧的是那些我们无法预见的事物。