Mechanisms underlying predictive behavior for an intelligent machine.
ResearchPublished 1962
A discussion of the role of prediction as the key process underlying the function of an intelligent machine. A model of a "neuron" is presented that exhibits properties of memory and learning. The formalism of the calculus of probability permits the behavior of a neuron to be interpreted in such a way as to justify the organization of a network of such elements so that it can learn to predict.
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- Year: 1962
- Pages: 36
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.7249/pubs
- Document Number: RM-3011-PR
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