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Perception As It Applies to Artificial Intelligence
Cognitive Psychology | PSYC 421 |
Bachelor of Science in Psychology | Spring 2009 |
Abstract
This paper explores the Cognitive Psychology concept of Perception, as it applies to the field of
Artificial Intelligence. Humans and computers see things in very distinct ways. There are
parallels drawn between a computer's processor and a human's brain, but the two are not
equivalent. Perception for a human is a native, organic process, but for an artificial intelligence,
it is a much more involved process. There are a lot of similarities, including matching of facial
patterns to identify a person and measuring of pitch and pattern in a voice to determine spoken
words. The fundamental differences between organic intelligence and artificial intelligence are
how the raw input is used and how it is stored.
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