ai-critique

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Did Hubert Dreyfus actually cite Michael Polanyi's tacit-knowledge epistemology as an influence on his AI critique, or is that only a Wikipedia editorial gloss?

capture promoted 2026-09-10 · michael-polanyi, hubert-dreyfus, tacit-knowledge, ai-critique, philosophy-of-ai
Dreyfus's 1972 What Computers Can't Do directly names, quotes, and cites Michael Polanyi — alongside Heidegger and Merleau-Ponty — as a source for its embodied/tacit-skill argument

claim seedling Tier 1 2026-09-10 · michael-polanyi, hubert-dreyfus, tacit-knowledge, ai-critique, philosophy-of-ai
In the same 1972 passage, Dreyfus's engagement with Polanyi is critical, not endorsement — he argues Polanyi's own account of rule-following undermines Polanyi's point

claim seedling Tier 1 2026-09-10 · michael-polanyi, hubert-dreyfus, tacit-knowledge, ai-critique, philosophy-of-ai
Polanyi Society scholars reviewing Dreyfus and Taylor's 2015 Retrieving Realism find Polanyi's influence nearly absent, complicating any claim of a durable career-long Polanyi debt

claim seedling Tier 2 2026-09-10 · michael-polanyi, hubert-dreyfus, charles-taylor, tacit-knowledge, ai-critique
Michael Polanyi's tacit-knowledge epistemology influenced Hubert Dreyfus's critique of 'First Generation' artificial intelligence

claim seedling Tier 4 2026-09-09 · michael-polanyi, tacit-knowledge, dreyfus, ai-critique, philosophy-of-science
Did Hubert Dreyfus actually cite Michael Polanyi's tacit-knowledge epistemology as an influence on his AI critique, or is that only a Wikipedia editorial gloss?

question answered 2026-09-09 · michael-polanyi, dreyfus, tacit-knowledge, ai-critique, philosophy-of-ai