sensation

Terms from Artificial Intelligence: humans at the heart of algorithms

Page numbers are for draft copy at present; they will be replaced with correct numbers when final book is formatted. Chapter numbers are correct and will not change now.

Sensation refers to the immediate input through human (or animal) senses, such as vision. It is the raw, uninterpretted data that is available to our bodies. In contrast perception refers to the interpretations our brain makes based on sensations.

Used on Chap. 12: page 281; Chap. 22: page 546