Timo Honkela: From early to later Wittgenstein and Artificial Intelli…

Attempts to develop AI systems are based on ontological and epistemological assumptions that guide the development explicity or implicitly. Philosophical understanding can guide the development of AI systems the tasks of which are inherently linked within human language and knowledge. On the other hand, the development of AI systems may potentially provide understanding of philosophical questions that would be difficult or even impossible without the use of computational methods and models. In this presentation, some elements of Wittgenstein's philosophical work and its development is considered in parallel with the developments that have taken place in AI research over the past half a century. Ways on how computational modeling could be used as empirical theoretical philosophy are considered. In addition, some current and hypothetical future means for studying philosophical works through computational means is discussed.