Explicit rules are unnecessary

Connectionist networks exhibit lawful behaviour without following explicit rules. Reguarlities emerge from the interactions of low-level processing units not from the application of high-level rules.

A network's behaviour may be characterizable by high level rules, but none are involved in its underlying mechanism.

David Rumelhart, James McClelland, & FARG 1986.

 

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Artificial Intelligence »Artificial Intelligence
Can computers think? [1] »Can computers think? [1]
Yes: physical symbol systems can think [3] »Yes: physical symbol systems can think [3]
The Rule-Following Assumption »The Rule-Following Assumption
Explicit rules are unnecessary
Classicists aren't committed to explicit rules »Classicists aren't committed to explicit rules
David Rumelhart »David Rumelhart
James McClelland »James McClelland
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