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Bridging the Symbolic/Subsymbolic Gap

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While it’s widely accepted that human beings carry out both symbolic and subsymbolic processing, as integral parts of their general intelligence, the precise definition of “symbolic” versus “subsymbolic” is a subtle issue, which different AI researchers will approach in different ways depending on their differing overall perspectives on AI.

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Goertzel, B., Pennachin, C., Geisweiller, N. (2014). Bridging the Symbolic/Subsymbolic Gap. In: Engineering General Intelligence, Part 2. Atlantis Thinking Machines, vol 6. Atlantis Press, Paris. https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6239-030-0_11

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