Introducing Artificial Intelligence (Henry Brighton and Howard Selina) / quote 28 of 68

Connectionism models the mind on the brain

Connectionism gained popularity in the 1980s and is often depicted as a radical departure from the classical, symbolic approach to AI. Rather than viewing the processes of the mind as a computer program, connectionism draws a parallel between the processes of the mind and the processes of the brain.

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