Graceful degradation
The brain's performance diminishes in proportion to the degree of neuronal damage or noisy input, and gracefully degrades in problematic circumstances. In von Neumann machines, a single glitch tends to have catastrophic consequences for the whole.
David Rummelhart, James McClelland, & FARG (1986)
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Artificial Intelligence »Artificial Intelligence
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Can computers think? [1] »Can computers think? [1]
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Yes: physical symbol systems can think [3] »Yes: physical symbol systems can think [3]
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The Biological Assumption »The Biological Assumption
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Brain has a von Neumann architecture »Brain has a von Neumann architecture
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Processing in the brain is distributed »Processing in the brain is distributed
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Graceful degradation
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Symbol structures can be distributed »Symbol structures can be distributed
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David Rumelhart »David Rumelhart
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James McClelland »James McClelland
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