Artificial symbols and the essence of intelligent computing

Amy L. Magnus; Mark E. Oxley

doi:10.1117/12.487485

4 August 2003 Artificial symbols and the essence of intelligent computing

Amy L. Magnus, Mark E. Oxley

Proceedings Volume 5103, Intelligent Computing: Theory and Applications; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.487485
Event: AeroSense 2003, 2003, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

A challenge for intelligent computing is translating the skills of innovation into mathematical theory and persistent learning algorithms. Computational intelligence differs from artificial intelligence in that artificial intelligence reasons over symbols while computational intelligence reasons over sub-symbolic data and information. Natural symbos arise from shared human experiences. The creative quality of human interaction suggests symbol generation involves a collection of cooperative agents capable of representing relative experience, negotiating innovation, and---finally---building consensus. As hybrids of sub-symbolic and symbolic reasoning become the norm, it is necessary to formalize the design and evaluation of artificial symbols. In this paper, we delineate the difference between sub-symbolic patterns and symbolic experience. Further, we propose fundamental theory supporting the autonomous construction of artificial symbols which---we assert---is the ultimate culmination of an intelligent computation. We apply this theory to model selection among neural networks.

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Amy L. Magnus and Mark E. Oxley "Artificial symbols and the essence of intelligent computing", Proc. SPIE 5103, Intelligent Computing: Theory and Applications, (4 August 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.487485

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