Oren Etzioni

All these things that we've contemplated, whether it's space travel or solutions to diseases that plague us, Ebola virus, all of these things would be a lot more tractable if the machines are trying to solve these problems.

American Businessman

Martin Rees

Most practising scientists focus on 'bite-sized' problems that are timely and tractable. The occupational risk is then to lose sight of the big picture.

British Scientist

Use 'tractable' when people behave in a cooperative way that allows guidance.

Behavior Influence

'Tractable' might imply a lack of independence or resistance, sometimes seen as a negative.

Negative Connotation

Implies control without force or confrontation, often through persuasion or influence.

Subtle Control

'Tractable' describes a situation that can be managed without much effort or complication.

Easily Handled

Use 'tractable' to describe plans that are straightforward and not likely to cause problems.

Positive Planning

Often suggests the task or problem can be adapted or changed easily if needed.

Flexibility Hint

 time is memory so how do we study this in the lab in the lab we've come up with very simple ways to try to mimic these ideas of contextual stability and change in experimentally tractable ways and in