Introducing Artificial Intelligence (Henry Brighton and Howard Selina) / quote 43 of 68

Hybrid systems escape Searle's closed world of symbols

It is the connectionist system that supplies the sensory images. By combining symbolic and connectionist systems, Harnard believes we can begin to break out of the closed world of meaningless symbols that Searle discusses.

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