Prospects of Economic-Geographical Research in the Field of Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence, intensive work on which is conducted since the mid-1950s, implies the ability of the machine (robot) to reproduce the logical thinking of man. The world's first attempt was made to outline promising areas of interpenetration of ideas and methods between developments in the field of artificial intelligence and economic-geographical research. Three forms of interpenetration are considered: geographic research for artificial intelligence, economic-geographical cognition with the help of such intelligence, and socio-geographical assessment of the consequences of the spread of artificial intelligence. It is established that the greatest prospects are associated with the creation of expert systems, since the existing economic-geographical knowledge is not translated into a language that is understandable to the machine. Examples of such a translation are given with the help of the rules «if …, then …». Prospects for the creation of economic-geographical intellectual software agents, determining the limits of growth of «smart» urban agglomerations and the use of «blockchain» technology for regionalization are outlined.