The New York Times , reporting yesterday on the death of
a distinguished expert in the field of artificial intelligence,
said that he “laid the foundation for the field.”
Related material:
“A Bad Case of Mixed Metaphors:
Psychiatry, Law, Politics, Society,
and Ezra Pound”
by Arnold M. Ludwig,
American Journal of Psychotherapy
2000 Winter; 54(1): 116-117
From that paper —
“… the conceptual foundation for the field
continues to be primitive.”
See also, in this journal, The Source (Oct. 4, 2014).
An image from that post —
Ground plan for a game of
Noughts and Crosses