[Ailist] constructionism vs poetic principles

[Mike Sands]

Hi Sharyn

I hope you are getting some responses.  I enjoyed your comment about 
intimidation - it is so often a factor and I admire your mentioning it.  (I 
was at a meeting on Wednesday where I wish I had had the courage)

Anyway - I hope you are getting some response "backchannel" - I haven't seen 
any on the listserve.

Of course I have some thoughts on the matter - and only hold back because I 
don't want to confuse the issue.  (My ideas on a lot of these matters are 
sometimes a little unique - and I have only a little  formal education about 
AI)

In part I guess I think AI  is all about construction - and finding ways 
that help individuals and groups can construct highly desirable realities. 
The poetic principle is the one that I think I least understand in 
"conventional AI terms" - but my guess is that it serves growth by saying we 
can study anything, and the studying is often enhanced by making use of 
metaphoric expression.  Example --- AI can be viewed as a new way of 
"rubbing sticks together", of increasing the number of choices at the buffet 
table --hmmm what else can AI be viewed as  - metaphorically speaking - 
(poetically speaking) - - that's a real question  - I would be love to hear 
other people's ideas.

Mike






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Mike's observation leads me to ask the question I've been too intimidated
to ask before. What is the difference between these two principles since
they  both seem to focus on our interpretation of "reality?"

Sharyn Weiss
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