Dynamic symbol grounding, state construction and the problem of teleology.pdfVIP

Dynamic Symb ol Grounding State Construction and the Problem of Teleology Erich Prem erichaiunivie acat The Austrian Research Institut for Articial Intelligence  Schottengasse A Wien Austria Tel FAX January Abstract Symb ol grounding has originated within the connectionistsymb ol i c debate so as to gap the bridge b e tween the two approaches This pap er provides an overview ab out recent results concerning symb ol ground ing which is critically reviewed here A thorough analysis reveals that symb ol grounding parallels transcen dental logic and is b est viewed as automated mo del construction If this diagnosis is true the necessary next question must b e which sort of mo dels are generated in symb ol grounding systems The answer to this question very much dep ends on the kind of network architecture employed for grounding An illustrative neural network architecture is used to explain how a dynamic symb ol grounding system generates a formal mo del It is argued that dep ending on the architecture very dierent kinds of signs ranging from input to goal descriptions can b e grounded Symb ol Grounding The Symb ol Grounding Problem Based on a fundamental criticism of symb olic mo dels and Searles Chinese ro om argument Searle Stevan Harnad intro duced The Symb ol Grounding Problem in his pap er Symb ol grounding SG tries to answer the question as to how it is p ossible for a computer program to use symb ols