sub-symbolic systems

Terms from Artificial Intelligence: humans at the heart of algorithms

Subsymbolic systems are those which use low-level representations such as the weights in a neural newtworks or the artificial insects in swarm computing. One could argue that there is still digital symbol manipulation when they execute, but not at a recognisable level. In contrast symbolic systems use symbols such as names, places, and concepts whch are manipulated by explicit rules.

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Also known as sub-symbolic