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Computational Structures For Machine Perception

by Fischler, Martin A.

Technical Note 233
Institution: AI Center, SRI International
Address: 333 Ravenswood Ave., Menlo Park, CA 94025
Jan 1981.

Note: This note is a summary of a talk given at the La Jolla Institute Workshop on Research Requirements for Advanced Computer Design (August 5-6, 1980). The purpose of this workshop was to identify important technical areas where radically new computer architectures might be necessary for future progress.

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Abstract

This note discusses the adequacy of current computer architectures to serve as a base for building machine vision systems. Arguments are presented to show that perceptual problems cannot be completely formalized and dealt with in a closed abstract system. The conclusion is that the digital computer, organized as a general-purpose symbol processor, cannot serve as an adequate instrument for achieving a human-like visual capability.

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