r/artificial - Today's dominant approach to A.I. has not worked out.

"That job [to formalize ... the fundamental elements of human understanding] proved difficult and was never finished. A.I. researchers need to return to that project sooner rather than later, ideally enlisting the help of cognitive psychologists who study the question of how human cognition manages to be endlessly flexible. Today's dominant approach to A.I. has not worked out. If machine learning and big data can't get us any further than a restaurant reservation, even in the hands of the world's most capable A.I. company, it is time to reconsider that strategy.'