The physical symbol system hypothesis: status and prospects

Authors:
Nils J. Nilsson
Affiliations:
Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Stanford University
Venue:
50 years of artificial intelligence
Year:
2007

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Abstract

I analyze some of the attacks against the Physical Symbol System Hypothesis--attacks based on the presumed need for symbol-grounding and non-symbolic processing for intelligent behavior and on the supposed non-computational and "mindless" aspects of brains.