Essays: myths and dead ends of artificial intelligence

Abstract

The article contains an analysis of the philosophical foundations of the very idea of creating and implementing artificial intelligence via comparison by analogy with the hypothetical concept of "artificial life". The logical and conceptual unfoundedness of common definitions of artificial intelligence is demonstrated. The article offers the understanding of intelligence as an exclusively natural way of solving tasks, and not as a common function that can be implemented on the basis of other technologies. The conclusion is made about the inexpediency of direct replacement of a human with devices with artificial intelligence without a fundamental change in the basic principles of organizing field of activity. The questionableness of the idea of creating general artificial intelligence as a universal local device with a unified architecture in the presence of many specialized devices is substantiated. Doubts are expressed about the effectiveness of the application of evolutionary methods and learning procedures in the design of devices that solve tasks that are considered intelligent.