Mind Over Machine: The Power of Human Intuition and Expertise in the Era of the Computer

By Hubert L. Dreyfus, Stuart E. Dreyfus

Categories: Computers & Technology, Science & Math

Philosopher Hubert L. Dreyfus and engineer Stuart E. Dreyfus argue that computers will never match human expertise in many areas. They describe five stages of skill acquisition, from novice to expert, and show that real experts rely on intuition and pattern recognition rather than rules. Since computers follow rules, the authors argue that the claims made for artificial intelligence and expert systems were overstated, and warn against replacing human judgment with machines.

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• Shane Parrish: “A well-reasoned case that computer intelligence will always fall short of human intelligence. The most interesting part is the preface, which neatly sums up how human associative pattern matching works.”