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101 small
1. n узкая тонкая часть2. n собир. невысокие людиsmall hills which feature the landscape — невысокие холмы, характерные для этой местности
3. n собир. дети4. n собир. низкорослые животные5. n собир. простой люд; неимущие слои6. n собир. разг. мелочьsmall change — мелкие деньги, мелочь
small money — мелкие деньги; разменные деньги; мелочь
7. a маленький, небольшойsmall boy — малыш, маленький мальчик
her large small family — её многочисленные детишки, её многодетная семья
not so very small — не такой уж маленький, довольно большой
8. a малый, маленький9. a некрупный, небольшого размера, мелкийsmall lot item — изделие, поставляемое мелкими партиями
10. a тонкий, мелкий11. a малый, незначительныйa small matter! — неважно!, несущественно!, пустяки!
it is small wonder that … — не удивительно, что …
12. a второстепенный13. a ограниченный14. a мелкий, низменный, подлыйsmall men — мелочные люди; мелкие людишки
small fry — мелкая рыбёшка; мальки
15. a униженный; пристыжённый16. a недолгий, кратковременный, непродолжительныйof small duration — короткий, непродолжительный
17. a короткий, недлинный18. a немногочисленный19. a половинный, имеющий неполную меру20. a тихий, негромкийin a small voice — тихим голосом,
21. a скромный22. a скудный23. a плохой, неважныйsmall attendance — плохая посещаемость; мало посетителей
24. a узкийthe pipe was so small that the water could only trickle — труба была такой узкой, что вода едва просачивалась через неё
25. a редк. лёгкий, некрепкий, слабый26. a карт. младший27. adv мелко, на мелкие кусочки28. adv тихо29. adv в небольшом объёме, в небольшом масштабеСинонимический ряд:1. ashamed (adj.) abashed; ashamed; mortified2. bantam (adj.) bantam; petite; smallish3. insignificant (adj.) inconsequential; insignificant; shallow; trifling; trivial; unessential; unimportant4. little (adj.) bantam; base; borne; casual; diminutive; dwarf; ineffectual; light; limited; little; mean; miniature; minute; monkey; narrow; narrow-minded; paltry; peewee; petite; pygmy; set; shoestring; small-beer; smallish; small-minded; tiny; vulgar5. low (adj.) hushed; low; low-key; quiet; soft; subdued6. meager (adj.) inadequate; meager; meagre; scanty; short7. modest (adj.) humble; modest; pitiful; poor; unpretentious8. petty (adj.) inconsequent; inconsiderable; measly; Mickey Mouse; niggling; peanut; peddling; pettifogging; petty; picayune; picayunish; piddling; piffling; pimping; unconsequential; unconsidered; unvital9. puny (adj.) puny; runty; scrawny10. remote (adj.) negligible; off; outside; remote; slender; slight; slim11. selfish (adj.) illiberal; mean-spirited; parsimonious; selfish; stingy; tight; ungenerous12. under (adj.) dinky; inferior; lesser; lower; minor; minor-league; secondary; small-fry; small-time; under13. weak (adj.) diluted; faint; feeble; gentle; weakАнтонимический ряд:ample; broad; bulky; considerable; distinguished; excellent; extensive; famous; fine; generous; great; husky; immense; important; large -
102 irresolute
a нерешительный, колеблющийся; сомневающийсяСинонимический ряд:1. doubtful (adj.) ambivalent; doubtful; doubting; dubious; faltering; fitful; hesitant; indecisive; weak willed2. vacillating (adj.) double-minded; halting; hesitating; pendulous; shilly-shally; shilly-shallying; tentative; timid; undecisive; vacillant; vacillating; vacillatory; wavering; weak-kneed; whiffling; wiggle-waggle; wobbly3. weak (adj.) fluctuating; insecure; uncertain; undecided; unresolved; unstable; unsteady; weakАнтонимический ряд:decisive; sure -
103 слабовольный
Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > слабовольный
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104 indecisive
1. a нерешающий, неокончательныйindecisive battle — бой, не имеющий решающего значения
2. a нерешительный, колеблющийся3. a редк. неясный, неопределённыйСинонимический ряд:1. doubtful (adj.) ambiguous; borderline; chancy; clouded; debatable; disputable; doubtable; doubtful; dubious; dubitable; equivocal; fishy; impugnable; inconclusive; indeterminate; open; precarious; problematic; problematical; queasy; questionable; shady; shaky; suspect; suspicious; unclear; undecided; uneasy; unsettled; unstable2. irresolute (adj.) ambivalent; changeable; hesitant; irresolute; unsure; weak; weak-willed; wishy-washy3. vacillating (adj.) double-minded; faltering; halting; hesitating; pendulous; shilly-shally; shilly-shallying; tentative; timid; uncertain; undecisive; unresolved; vacillant; vacillating; vacillatory; wavering; weak-kneed; whiffling; wiggle-waggle; wobblyАнтонимический ряд:conclusive; definite -
105 wavering
n колебания; нерешительностьСинонимический ряд:1. retiring (adj.) backward; bashful; diffident; disinclined; hesitant; loath; retiring; shy; timid2. vacillating (adj.) double-minded; faltering; halting; hesitating; indecisive; irresolute; pendulous; shilly-shally; shilly-shallying; tentative; uncertain; undecisive; unresolved; vacillant; vacillating; vacillatory; weak-kneed; whiffling; wiggle-waggle3. weak (adj.) dickey; fluctuant; insecure; rootless; shaky; unstable; unsure; weak; wobbly4. hesitation (noun) hesitancy; hesitation; indecision; indecisiveness; irresolution; shilly-shally; to-and-fro; vacillation5. hesitating (verb) dithering; faltering; halting; hesitating; pausing; shilly-shallying; whiffling6. swaying (verb) staggering; swaying; teetering; tottering; weaving; wobbling7. swinging (verb) swinging; vacillating; wavering -
106 wobbly
1. a шатающийся; вихляющий; шаткий2. n амер. ист. разг. член профсоюзной организации «Индустриальные рабочие мира»Синонимический ряд:1. flimsy (adj.) flimsy; teetering; unsteady2. rickety (adj.) rachitic; rackety; rattletrap; rickety3. shaky (adj.) doddering; floppy; floundering; precarious; shaky; slack; tottering4. vacillating (adj.) double-minded; faltering; halting; hesitant; hesitating; indecisive; irresolute; pendulous; shilly-shally; shilly-shallying; tentative; timid; uncertain; undecisive; unresolved; vacillant; vacillating; vacillatory; wavering; weak-kneed; whiffling; wiggle-waggle5. weak (adj.) dickey; faltering; fluctuant; infirm; insecure; insubstantial; rootless; swaying; tottery; unfixed; unstable; unsure; wavering; weakАнтонимический ряд: -
107 узкий
прил.( в различных значениях) narrow;
(об одежде, обуви) tight узкая колея( железнодорожная) ≈ narrow gauge узкие взгляды ≈ narrow views узкий человек ≈ narrow(- minded) person узкий гласный ≈ narrow/slender vowel узкая специальность ≈ particular speciality в узком смысле слова ≈ in the narrow sense of the word узкое место ≈ bottlen(-) eck;
weak pointузк|ий -
1. (неширокий) narrow;
~ая колея narrow gauge;
2. (тесный) tight;
3. (ограниченный) narrow, limited, close;
~ круг знакомых close circle of acquaintances;
~ая специальность highly specialized profession;
в ~ом смысле слова in the narrow sense;
4. (недалёкий) narrow-minded, limited;
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108 человек
муж.
1) person, man, human being, individual;
one твердый духом человек ≈ a steadfast/unflinching man люди особого склада ≈ people of a particular stamp/quality/mentality, people of a special mould такого сорта люди разг. ≈ that kind of people пять человек детей ≈ five children по пяти рублей на человека ≈ five roubles per head все до одного человека ≈ to a man человек трезвого ума ≈ sober-minded man человек настроения ≈ person of many moods последний человек ≈ a (real) nothing человек - разумное существо ≈ man is a rational being бесстыдный человек ≈ malapert беспокойный человек ≈ fidget;
worrier;
амер.;
разг. hellion шумливый человек ≈ разг. bounder непредсказуемый человек ≈ wild card мнительный человек ≈ valetudinarian полный человек ≈ stout снежный человек ≈ snowman сентиментальный человек ≈ sentimentalist религиозный человек ≈ religioner осторожный человек ≈ pussyfoot прогрессивный человек ≈ progressionist, progressist одаренный человек ≈ prodigy, natural первобытный человек ≈ primitive ненадежный человек ≈ man of straw, weak vessel, wobbler принципиальный человек ≈ man of principle семейный человек ≈ family man, man of family амер. практичный человек ≈ hardhead пожилой человек ≈ greybeard, old-timer, senior, разг. oldster малодушный человек ≈ faint-heart, turnback знаменитый человек ≈ celebrity, man of distinction, man of mark, man of note, man of eminence обезьяноподобный человек ≈ ape-man старомодный человек ≈ antediluvian, old-timer, square-toes разносторонний человек ≈ all-rounder неуклюжий человек ≈ oaf неумный человек ≈ dodo невоспитанный человек ≈ bear, boor, vulgarian известный человек, видный человек ≈ marked man кроманьонский человек ≈ Cro-Magnon man обыкновенный человек ≈ ordinary/average man выдающийся человек ≈ eminent person продажный человек ≈ prostitute трусливый человек ≈ rabbit раздражительный человек, вспыльчивый человек ≈ spitfire, splenetic справедливый человек ≈ square shooter настойчивый человек, упорный человек ≈ sticker властный человек ≈ autocrat гениальный человек ≈ man of genius грамотный человек ≈ literate двуличный человек ≈ double dealer добродетельный человек ≈ well-doer жестокий человек ≈ savage опытный человек ≈ man of experience ученый человек ≈ erudite person деловой человек ≈ business man;
business-like/practical person (дельный, практичный) молодой человек ≈ young man известный человек, знаменитый человек ≈ notability желчный человек ≈ acrimonious man идейный человек ≈ man with firm ideological principles изворотливый человек ≈ dodger, shifty fellow светский человек ≈ man of the world;
man of fashion легкомысленный человек ≈ light-headed/thoughtless man, frivolous person лицемерный человек ≈ hypocrite чувствительный человек ≈ sensitive man трезвый человек ≈ sober man тупоголовый человек ≈ numskull, blockhead, dunderhead тупоумный человек ≈ dim-wit тщедушный человек ≈ weaking узкий человек ≈ narrow(- minded) person ископаемый человек ≈ fossil man пещерный человек ≈ cave-dweller, cave-man, troglodyte русский человек ≈ Russian человек разумный ≈ homo sapiens человек в футляре ≈ person who keeps himself in cotton wool, man in a cocoon/shell человек с тактом ≈ a man of tact, tactful man человек с улицы ≈ any passer-by человек с характером ≈ strong-willed person человек со средствами ≈ man of means человек чести ≈ man of honour банальный человек ≈ bromide бессовестный человек ≈ man of no scruples безразличный человек ≈ pococurante эксцентричный человек ≈ eccentric;
амер.;
сл. ding-a-ling, screw-ball честный человек ≈ straight man беззастенчивый человек ≈ cool hand, cool customer беспринципный человек ≈ man of no principles, vicar of Bray близорукий человек ≈ myope бесхарактерный человек ≈ nincompoop, man of no character;
jelly-fish, sop разг. бездомный человек ≈ outcast, waif бережливый человек ≈ saver болезненный человек ≈ valetudinarian безответный человек ≈ wimp цепкий человек ≈ bulldog перен. ветреный человек ≈ harum-scarum храбрый человек ≈ valiant человек слова ≈ man of his word хладнокровный человек ≈ cool card человек настроения ≈ man of moods навязчивый человек, назойливый человек ≈ intruder поверхностный человек ≈ light-weight разумный человек, здравомыслящий человек ≈ man of sense флегматичный человек ≈ plodder консервативный человек ≈ die-hard
2) уст. servant, man;
waiterм. man*, human being;
(лицо) person;
(мужчина тж.) man*;
(женщина тж.) woman*;
молодой ~ young man*;
он хороший ~ he is а nice man*/person;
она хороший ~ she is а nice woman/person;
русский ~ а person of Russian blood;
умный ~ wise man*, woman*;
пять ~ five persons/people;
~ пять about five persons/people;
шесть ~ детей six children;
нас было семь ~ there were seven of us;
по десяти рублей на, с ~а ten roubles а head;
ни один ~, ни одного ~а no one, nobody, not а single person;
для непривычного ~а to one not accustomed;
права ~a human rights;
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109 leader
n1) руководитель; глава; лидер; вождь2) передовая статья, передовица•to censure a government leader in Parliament — принимать вотум недоверия руководителю правительства в парламенте
to stick with one's leader — сохранять верность своему лидеру
- adviser to a military leaderto take over as party leader — приходить к руководству партией; принимать обязанности лидера партии
- all-powerful leader
- authoritative leader
- block leader
- caretaker leader
- change of leaders
- charismatic leader
- church leader
- civil rights leader
- community leader
- Congressional leader
- conservative leader
- coup leader
- de facto leader
- decisive leader
- deputy leader
- divided leaders
- effective leader
- embattled leader
- experienced leader
- fall of a leader
- floor leader
- group leader
- high-ranking party leader
- ideological leader
- in defiance of their leader
- incoming leader
- industrial leader
- key Arab leaders
- labor leader
- leader of a mutiny
- leader of Congress
- leader of the House of Commons
- leader of the House of Lords
- leader of the Senate
- leader-in-waiting
- leaders of the disturbances
- leaders of the government
- leftist political leader
- longtime leader
- majority leader
- media leaders
- militarist leaders
- military leader
- minority leader
- moderate leader
- national leader
- opinion leaders
- opposition leader
- outstanding leader
- parliamentary leader
- party leaders
- political leader
- popular leader
- popularly elected leader
- powerful leader
- progressive leader
- progressive-minded leader
- prominent leader
- protest leader
- public leader
- radical leader
- rebel military leader
- recognized leader
- reform-minded leader
- regime leaders
- religious leader
- removal of political leaders
- rightful leader
- second-ranking leader
- self-proclaimed leader
- Senate majority leader
- spiritual leader
- state leader
- stop-gap leader
- strike leader
- strong leader
- stuck-in-the-mud political leader
- supreme leader
- team leader
- titular leader
- top leaders
- top political leaders
- trade-union leaders
- underground leaders of an uprising
- undisputed leader
- union leader
- war leader
- weak leader
- worthy leader
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110 imbecile
['ɪmbəsiːl] 1. сущ.1) слабоумный, идиот; умственно отсталыйSyn:2) разг.; груб. дурак, болван, придурок, тупицаWe are not exactly imbeciles in money matters. — Что касается денег, то мы не такие уж дураки в этих делах.
He was an imbecile to sign a contract with them. — Он имел глупость подписать с ними контракт.
Syn:2. прил.1) слабоумный, страдающий слабоумием; умственно отсталыйSyn:2) разг.; груб. глупый, идиотский (о поступках, суждениях и т. п.)Syn:3) уст. (физически) слабыйSyn: -
111 Artificial Intelligence
In my opinion, none of [these programs] does even remote justice to the complexity of human mental processes. Unlike men, "artificially intelligent" programs tend to be single minded, undistractable, and unemotional. (Neisser, 1967, p. 9)Future progress in [artificial intelligence] will depend on the development of both practical and theoretical knowledge.... As regards theoretical knowledge, some have sought a unified theory of artificial intelligence. My view is that artificial intelligence is (or soon will be) an engineering discipline since its primary goal is to build things. (Nilsson, 1971, pp. vii-viii)Most workers in AI [artificial intelligence] research and in related fields confess to a pronounced feeling of disappointment in what has been achieved in the last 25 years. Workers entered the field around 1950, and even around 1960, with high hopes that are very far from being realized in 1972. In no part of the field have the discoveries made so far produced the major impact that was then promised.... In the meantime, claims and predictions regarding the potential results of AI research had been publicized which went even farther than the expectations of the majority of workers in the field, whose embarrassments have been added to by the lamentable failure of such inflated predictions....When able and respected scientists write in letters to the present author that AI, the major goal of computing science, represents "another step in the general process of evolution"; that possibilities in the 1980s include an all-purpose intelligence on a human-scale knowledge base; that awe-inspiring possibilities suggest themselves based on machine intelligence exceeding human intelligence by the year 2000 [one has the right to be skeptical]. (Lighthill, 1972, p. 17)4) Just as Astronomy Succeeded Astrology, the Discovery of Intellectual Processes in Machines Should Lead to a Science, EventuallyJust as astronomy succeeded astrology, following Kepler's discovery of planetary regularities, the discoveries of these many principles in empirical explorations on intellectual processes in machines should lead to a science, eventually. (Minsky & Papert, 1973, p. 11)5) Problems in Machine Intelligence Arise Because Things Obvious to Any Person Are Not Represented in the ProgramMany problems arise in experiments on machine intelligence because things obvious to any person are not represented in any program. One can pull with a string, but one cannot push with one.... Simple facts like these caused serious problems when Charniak attempted to extend Bobrow's "Student" program to more realistic applications, and they have not been faced up to until now. (Minsky & Papert, 1973, p. 77)What do we mean by [a symbolic] "description"? We do not mean to suggest that our descriptions must be made of strings of ordinary language words (although they might be). The simplest kind of description is a structure in which some features of a situation are represented by single ("primitive") symbols, and relations between those features are represented by other symbols-or by other features of the way the description is put together. (Minsky & Papert, 1973, p. 11)[AI is] the use of computer programs and programming techniques to cast light on the principles of intelligence in general and human thought in particular. (Boden, 1977, p. 5)The word you look for and hardly ever see in the early AI literature is the word knowledge. They didn't believe you have to know anything, you could always rework it all.... In fact 1967 is the turning point in my mind when there was enough feeling that the old ideas of general principles had to go.... I came up with an argument for what I called the primacy of expertise, and at the time I called the other guys the generalists. (Moses, quoted in McCorduck, 1979, pp. 228-229)9) Artificial Intelligence Is Psychology in a Particularly Pure and Abstract FormThe basic idea of cognitive science is that intelligent beings are semantic engines-in other words, automatic formal systems with interpretations under which they consistently make sense. We can now see why this includes psychology and artificial intelligence on a more or less equal footing: people and intelligent computers (if and when there are any) turn out to be merely different manifestations of the same underlying phenomenon. Moreover, with universal hardware, any semantic engine can in principle be formally imitated by a computer if only the right program can be found. And that will guarantee semantic imitation as well, since (given the appropriate formal behavior) the semantics is "taking care of itself" anyway. Thus we also see why, from this perspective, artificial intelligence can be regarded as psychology in a particularly pure and abstract form. The same fundamental structures are under investigation, but in AI, all the relevant parameters are under direct experimental control (in the programming), without any messy physiology or ethics to get in the way. (Haugeland, 1981b, p. 31)There are many different kinds of reasoning one might imagine:Formal reasoning involves the syntactic manipulation of data structures to deduce new ones following prespecified rules of inference. Mathematical logic is the archetypical formal representation. Procedural reasoning uses simulation to answer questions and solve problems. When we use a program to answer What is the sum of 3 and 4? it uses, or "runs," a procedural model of arithmetic. Reasoning by analogy seems to be a very natural mode of thought for humans but, so far, difficult to accomplish in AI programs. The idea is that when you ask the question Can robins fly? the system might reason that "robins are like sparrows, and I know that sparrows can fly, so robins probably can fly."Generalization and abstraction are also natural reasoning process for humans that are difficult to pin down well enough to implement in a program. If one knows that Robins have wings, that Sparrows have wings, and that Blue jays have wings, eventually one will believe that All birds have wings. This capability may be at the core of most human learning, but it has not yet become a useful technique in AI.... Meta- level reasoning is demonstrated by the way one answers the question What is Paul Newman's telephone number? You might reason that "if I knew Paul Newman's number, I would know that I knew it, because it is a notable fact." This involves using "knowledge about what you know," in particular, about the extent of your knowledge and about the importance of certain facts. Recent research in psychology and AI indicates that meta-level reasoning may play a central role in human cognitive processing. (Barr & Feigenbaum, 1981, pp. 146-147)Suffice it to say that programs already exist that can do things-or, at the very least, appear to be beginning to do things-which ill-informed critics have asserted a priori to be impossible. Examples include: perceiving in a holistic as opposed to an atomistic way; using language creatively; translating sensibly from one language to another by way of a language-neutral semantic representation; planning acts in a broad and sketchy fashion, the details being decided only in execution; distinguishing between different species of emotional reaction according to the psychological context of the subject. (Boden, 1981, p. 33)Can the synthesis of Man and Machine ever be stable, or will the purely organic component become such a hindrance that it has to be discarded? If this eventually happens-and I have... good reasons for thinking that it must-we have nothing to regret and certainly nothing to fear. (Clarke, 1984, p. 243)The thesis of GOFAI... is not that the processes underlying intelligence can be described symbolically... but that they are symbolic. (Haugeland, 1985, p. 113)14) Artificial Intelligence Provides a Useful Approach to Psychological and Psychiatric Theory FormationIt is all very well formulating psychological and psychiatric theories verbally but, when using natural language (even technical jargon), it is difficult to recognise when a theory is complete; oversights are all too easily made, gaps too readily left. This is a point which is generally recognised to be true and it is for precisely this reason that the behavioural sciences attempt to follow the natural sciences in using "classical" mathematics as a more rigorous descriptive language. However, it is an unfortunate fact that, with a few notable exceptions, there has been a marked lack of success in this application. It is my belief that a different approach-a different mathematics-is needed, and that AI provides just this approach. (Hand, quoted in Hand, 1985, pp. 6-7)We might distinguish among four kinds of AI.Research of this kind involves building and programming computers to perform tasks which, to paraphrase Marvin Minsky, would require intelligence if they were done by us. Researchers in nonpsychological AI make no claims whatsoever about the psychological realism of their programs or the devices they build, that is, about whether or not computers perform tasks as humans do.Research here is guided by the view that the computer is a useful tool in the study of mind. In particular, we can write computer programs or build devices that simulate alleged psychological processes in humans and then test our predictions about how the alleged processes work. We can weave these programs and devices together with other programs and devices that simulate different alleged mental processes and thereby test the degree to which the AI system as a whole simulates human mentality. According to weak psychological AI, working with computer models is a way of refining and testing hypotheses about processes that are allegedly realized in human minds.... According to this view, our minds are computers and therefore can be duplicated by other computers. Sherry Turkle writes that the "real ambition is of mythic proportions, making a general purpose intelligence, a mind." (Turkle, 1984, p. 240) The authors of a major text announce that "the ultimate goal of AI research is to build a person or, more humbly, an animal." (Charniak & McDermott, 1985, p. 7)Research in this field, like strong psychological AI, takes seriously the functionalist view that mentality can be realized in many different types of physical devices. Suprapsychological AI, however, accuses strong psychological AI of being chauvinisticof being only interested in human intelligence! Suprapsychological AI claims to be interested in all the conceivable ways intelligence can be realized. (Flanagan, 1991, pp. 241-242)16) Determination of Relevance of Rules in Particular ContextsEven if the [rules] were stored in a context-free form the computer still couldn't use them. To do that the computer requires rules enabling it to draw on just those [ rules] which are relevant in each particular context. Determination of relevance will have to be based on further facts and rules, but the question will again arise as to which facts and rules are relevant for making each particular determination. One could always invoke further facts and rules to answer this question, but of course these must be only the relevant ones. And so it goes. It seems that AI workers will never be able to get started here unless they can settle the problem of relevance beforehand by cataloguing types of context and listing just those facts which are relevant in each. (Dreyfus & Dreyfus, 1986, p. 80)Perhaps the single most important idea to artificial intelligence is that there is no fundamental difference between form and content, that meaning can be captured in a set of symbols such as a semantic net. (G. Johnson, 1986, p. 250)Artificial intelligence is based on the assumption that the mind can be described as some kind of formal system manipulating symbols that stand for things in the world. Thus it doesn't matter what the brain is made of, or what it uses for tokens in the great game of thinking. Using an equivalent set of tokens and rules, we can do thinking with a digital computer, just as we can play chess using cups, salt and pepper shakers, knives, forks, and spoons. Using the right software, one system (the mind) can be mapped into the other (the computer). (G. Johnson, 1986, p. 250)19) A Statement of the Primary and Secondary Purposes of Artificial IntelligenceThe primary goal of Artificial Intelligence is to make machines smarter.The secondary goals of Artificial Intelligence are to understand what intelligence is (the Nobel laureate purpose) and to make machines more useful (the entrepreneurial purpose). (Winston, 1987, p. 1)The theoretical ideas of older branches of engineering are captured in the language of mathematics. We contend that mathematical logic provides the basis for theory in AI. Although many computer scientists already count logic as fundamental to computer science in general, we put forward an even stronger form of the logic-is-important argument....AI deals mainly with the problem of representing and using declarative (as opposed to procedural) knowledge. Declarative knowledge is the kind that is expressed as sentences, and AI needs a language in which to state these sentences. Because the languages in which this knowledge usually is originally captured (natural languages such as English) are not suitable for computer representations, some other language with the appropriate properties must be used. It turns out, we think, that the appropriate properties include at least those that have been uppermost in the minds of logicians in their development of logical languages such as the predicate calculus. Thus, we think that any language for expressing knowledge in AI systems must be at least as expressive as the first-order predicate calculus. (Genesereth & Nilsson, 1987, p. viii)21) Perceptual Structures Can Be Represented as Lists of Elementary PropositionsIn artificial intelligence studies, perceptual structures are represented as assemblages of description lists, the elementary components of which are propositions asserting that certain relations hold among elements. (Chase & Simon, 1988, p. 490)Artificial intelligence (AI) is sometimes defined as the study of how to build and/or program computers to enable them to do the sorts of things that minds can do. Some of these things are commonly regarded as requiring intelligence: offering a medical diagnosis and/or prescription, giving legal or scientific advice, proving theorems in logic or mathematics. Others are not, because they can be done by all normal adults irrespective of educational background (and sometimes by non-human animals too), and typically involve no conscious control: seeing things in sunlight and shadows, finding a path through cluttered terrain, fitting pegs into holes, speaking one's own native tongue, and using one's common sense. Because it covers AI research dealing with both these classes of mental capacity, this definition is preferable to one describing AI as making computers do "things that would require intelligence if done by people." However, it presupposes that computers could do what minds can do, that they might really diagnose, advise, infer, and understand. One could avoid this problematic assumption (and also side-step questions about whether computers do things in the same way as we do) by defining AI instead as "the development of computers whose observable performance has features which in humans we would attribute to mental processes." This bland characterization would be acceptable to some AI workers, especially amongst those focusing on the production of technological tools for commercial purposes. But many others would favour a more controversial definition, seeing AI as the science of intelligence in general-or, more accurately, as the intellectual core of cognitive science. As such, its goal is to provide a systematic theory that can explain (and perhaps enable us to replicate) both the general categories of intentionality and the diverse psychological capacities grounded in them. (Boden, 1990b, pp. 1-2)Because the ability to store data somewhat corresponds to what we call memory in human beings, and because the ability to follow logical procedures somewhat corresponds to what we call reasoning in human beings, many members of the cult have concluded that what computers do somewhat corresponds to what we call thinking. It is no great difficulty to persuade the general public of that conclusion since computers process data very fast in small spaces well below the level of visibility; they do not look like other machines when they are at work. They seem to be running along as smoothly and silently as the brain does when it remembers and reasons and thinks. On the other hand, those who design and build computers know exactly how the machines are working down in the hidden depths of their semiconductors. Computers can be taken apart, scrutinized, and put back together. Their activities can be tracked, analyzed, measured, and thus clearly understood-which is far from possible with the brain. This gives rise to the tempting assumption on the part of the builders and designers that computers can tell us something about brains, indeed, that the computer can serve as a model of the mind, which then comes to be seen as some manner of information processing machine, and possibly not as good at the job as the machine. (Roszak, 1994, pp. xiv-xv)The inner workings of the human mind are far more intricate than the most complicated systems of modern technology. Researchers in the field of artificial intelligence have been attempting to develop programs that will enable computers to display intelligent behavior. Although this field has been an active one for more than thirty-five years and has had many notable successes, AI researchers still do not know how to create a program that matches human intelligence. No existing program can recall facts, solve problems, reason, learn, and process language with human facility. This lack of success has occurred not because computers are inferior to human brains but rather because we do not yet know in sufficient detail how intelligence is organized in the brain. (Anderson, 1995, p. 2)Historical dictionary of quotations in cognitive science > Artificial Intelligence
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112 слабоумный
Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > слабоумный
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113 moron
ˈmɔ:rɔn сущ. идиот, слабоумный( о взрослых, имеющих уровень развития 12-летнего ребенка) Syn: dullard, dummy, idiot, imbecile, numskull, simpleton, weak-headed, feeble-minded Ant: genius, intellectual, sage, savant слабоумный, идиот moron слабоумный, идиот -
114 candidate
nto blackball a candidate — забаллотировать / провалить кандидата ( при голосовании)
to challenge a candidate — давать отвод кандидатуре, отводить кандидатуру
to confirm smb as a candidate — утверждать / одобрять кого-л. в качестве кандидата, утверждать чью-л. кандидатуру
to declare oneself a candidate — объявлять о выдвижении своей кандидатуры
to offer a candidate — выдвигать кандидата; предлагать кандидатуру
to propose a candidate — выдвигать кандидата; предлагать кандидатуру
to put forward / up a candidate — выдвигать кандидата; предлагать кандидатуру
to turn down a candidate — давать отвод кандидату; отводить / отклонять кандидатуру
to voice opposition to a candidate — выступать против чьей-л. кандидатуры
to vote down a candidate — провалить кандидата ( при голосовании), голосовать против чьей-л. кандидатуры
to withdraw one's candidate — снимать свою кандидатуру
- candidate for promotionto write off smb as a candidate — ставить на ком-л. крест как кандидате
- candidate for the Presidency
- candidate for the Republican presidential nomination
- candidate for the Senate
- candidate to be Chancellor
- captive candidate
- center-of-the-road candidate
- charisma candidate
- choice of candidates
- compromise candidate
- consensus candidate
- coupon candidate
- dark horse candidate
- Democratic candidate for the White House
- eligible candidate
- favorite candidate
- favorite-son candidate
- fringe candidate
- grassroots candidate
- independent candidate
- joint candidate
- Labour candidate
- leading candidate
- losing candidate
- major candidate
- middle-of-the-road candidate
- national candidate
- natural candidate
- nominated candidate
- nomination of smb as a candidate
- officially-backed candidate
- one time candidate
- opposition candidate
- parliamentary candidate
- perennial candidate
- presidential candidate
- pro-independence candidate
- qualified candidate
- reform-minded candidate
- registration of candidates
- rejection of a candidate
- right to challenge a candidate
- right-wing candidate
- roster of candidates
- running candidate
- sole candidate
- suitable candidate
- throw-away candidate
- unity candidate
- viable candidate
- vice-presidential candidate
- virtues of a candidate
- weak candidate
- window dressing candidate
- winning candidate
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115 simple
'simpl1) (not difficult; easy: a simple task.) enkel, lett2) (not complicated or involved: The matter is not as simple as you think.) enkel, ukomplisert3) (not fancy or unusual; plain: a simple dress/design; He leads a very simple life.) enkel, liketil4) (pure; mere: the simple truth.) enkel, rein og skjær5) (trusting and easily cheated: She is too simple to see through his lies.) naiv, godtroende6) (weak in the mind; not very intelligent: I'm afraid he's a bit simple, but he's good with animals.) enfoldig, enkel•- simplicity
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- simple-mindednessenkel--------grei--------lettIsubst. \/ˈsɪmpl\/1) dumrian2) person av enkel herkomst3) ( gammeldags) legeurtsimples enkelt folkIIadj. \/ˈsɪmpl\/1) enkel, usammensatt, ukomplisert, primitiv2) ukunstlet, naturlig, likefrem, enkel, simpel3) troskyldig, godtroende, naiv, enfoldig4) lett, tydelig, åpenbar• don't worry, it's a simple problemikke bekymre deg, det er et enkelt problem5) renpure and simple ganske enkelt, ren og skjær -
116 carácter
carácter sustantivo masculino (pl◊ - racteres)el restaurante tiene mucho carácter the restaurant has lots of character; une persona de carácter fuerte a person of strong character; una persona de buen carácter a good-natured person; un carácter abierto an open nature; tener mal carácter to have a (bad) temper heridas de carácter leve (period) minor woundsc) (Biol) characteristic
carácter sustantivo masculino
1 (genio, nervio) character: es una persona de mucho carácter, he is a person with a strong character
2 (modo de ser) tiene un carácter muy dulce, she's a very sweet person
tener buen/mal carácter, to be good-natured/bad-tempered
3 (condición, naturaleza) nature: es una medida de carácter transitorio, it's a temporary measure
4 Impr character ' carácter' also found in these entries: Spanish: abismo - accesible - acto - agriar - amorfa - amorfo - arrollador - arrolladora - áspera - áspero - blanda - blando - cambiante - cardo - de - débil - debilidad - dramatizar - empañarse - endurecer - fortaleza - genio - humildad - humilde - imposible - índole - moldear - nervio - ni - prudente - radical - rasgo - rebelde - revestir - severa - severidad - severo - sombra - sosegada - sosegado - suavizar - suavidad - suavizarse - talante - teatralidad - temperamento - tinte - tipismo - trato - variable English: character - close - colour - deviousness - disposition - elusiveness - good-natured - make-up - mold - mould - nature - nice - rugged - self-assertion - self-assertive - self-assertiveness - serious - sliminess - solid - spineless - spirit - technical hitch - temper - temperamentally - tough-minded - type - versatility - weak - weakness - wimpish - forceful - intimate - make - mellow -
117 indeciso
indeciso
◊ -sa adjetivo ‹ persona›a) [ser] indecisiveb) [estar] undecided■ sustantivo masculino, femeninob) ( sobre un tema):
indeciso,-a adjetivo
1 (dubitativo) hesitant, unsure
2 (sin decidir) inconclusive: la cuestión permanece indecisa, the matter remains inconclusive ' indeciso' also found in these entries: Spanish: dudar - dudosa - dudoso - indecisa - titubear - notar English: feeble-minded - floating - helpless - hesitant - indecisive - irresolute - tentative - undecided - weak-willed - unsure -
118 simple
['simpl]1) (not difficult; easy: a simple task.) einfaldur, auðskilinn2) (not complicated or involved: The matter is not as simple as you think.) einfaldur3) (not fancy or unusual; plain: a simple dress/design; He leads a very simple life.) látlaus4) (pure; mere: the simple truth.) umbúðalaus5) (trusting and easily cheated: She is too simple to see through his lies.) einfaldur, auðtrúa6) (weak in the mind; not very intelligent: I'm afraid he's a bit simple, but he's good with animals.) einfaldur, vitgrannur•- simplicity
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119 simple
bamba, valóságos, együgyű* * *['simpl]1) (not difficult; easy: a simple task.) könnyű2) (not complicated or involved: The matter is not as simple as you think.) egyszerű3) (not fancy or unusual; plain: a simple dress/design; He leads a very simple life.) egyszerű, szerény4) (pure; mere: the simple truth.) merő, tiszta5) (trusting and easily cheated: She is too simple to see through his lies.) együgyű6) (weak in the mind; not very intelligent: I'm afraid he's a bit simple, but he's good with animals.) együgyű•- simplicity
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120 simple
['simpl]1) (not difficult; easy: a simple task.) simples2) (not complicated or involved: The matter is not as simple as you think.) simples3) (not fancy or unusual; plain: a simple dress/design; He leads a very simple life.) simples4) (pure; mere: the simple truth.) simples5) (trusting and easily cheated: She is too simple to see through his lies.) simples6) (weak in the mind; not very intelligent: I'm afraid he's a bit simple, but he's good with animals.) simplório•- simplicity
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- simple-mindedness* * *sim.ple[s'impəl] n 1 pessoa estúpida, simplória. 2 coisa simples. 3 Med símplices. • adj 1 simples, fácil de se compreender. 2 elementar, básico, não complicado ou complexo. 3 mero, puro, absoluto. 4 simples, sem ornamentos, modesto. 5 natural, despretensioso, não afetado. 6 honesto, sincero, aberto, cândido. 7 inocente, ingênuo, sem artifícios. 8 comum, ordinário. 9 modesto, humilde. 10 bobo, tolo, ignorante, estúpido. 11 Bot, Zool, Chem simples. pure and simple é isto e nada mais.
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weak-minded — index caitiff Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
weak-minded — UK / US adjective a person who is weak minded shows little intelligence or determination … English dictionary
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