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Neurosymbolic Artificial Intelligence (Why, What, and How)


Abstract:

Humans interact with the environment using a combination of perception—transforming sensory inputs from their environment into symbols, and cognition—mapping symbols to k...Show More

Abstract:

Humans interact with the environment using a combination of perception—transforming sensory inputs from their environment into symbols, and cognition—mapping symbols to knowledge about the environment for supporting abstraction, reasoning by analogy, and long-term planning. Human perception-inspired machine perception, in the context of artificial intelligence (AI), refers to large-scale pattern recognition from raw data using neural networks trained using self-supervised learning objectives such as next-word prediction or object recognition. On the other hand, machine cognition encompasses more complex computations, such as using knowledge of the environment to guide reasoning, analogy, and long-term planning. Humans can also control and explain their cognitive functions. This seems to require the retention of symbolic mappings from perception outputs to knowledge about their environment. For example, humans can follow and explain the guidelines and safety constraints driving their decision making in safety-critical applications such as health care, criminal justice, and autonomous driving.
Published in: IEEE Intelligent Systems ( Volume: 38, Issue: 3, May-June 2023)
Page(s): 56 - 62
Date of Publication: 12 June 2023

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