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intuitive-expertise
The tacit, experiential knowledge and judgment that human experts develop, which is difficult to fully articulate or encode in formal systems.
1 chapter across 1 book
Mind over machine: the power of human intuition and expertise (1988)Stuart E. Athanasiou, Tom Dreyfus
Chapter 4
Chapter 4 critically examines the contrast between expert systems—computer programs designed to emulate human decision-making—and intuitive human expertise. Drawing extensively on works by Feigenbaum, McCorduck, and others, it highlights the limitations of formal knowledge representation in capturing the tacit, often ineffable nature of expert intuition. The chapter also addresses media misrepresentations of AI capabilities and underscores the ongoing debate about the adequacy of AI in replicating complex human judgment.