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SK opens the discussion by recalling the recent past when technologies like blockchain dominated conversations, promising to resolve public administration's persistent pain points. Today, the spotlight has shifted to artificial intelligence, with many believing that it holds the key to solving the issues that have plagued public administration over the last three decades.
However, SK urges the audience to consider the differing interpretations of what "AI" actually entails. Diving into the history of artificial intelligence reveals two fundamental currents in the field since its inception at the Dartmouth Conference: connectionist models, represented by artificial neural networks, and symbolic models, which are rooted in rules and logic.