Allen Newell: Quotes about intelligence

Allen Newell was American cognitive scientist. Explore interesting quotes on intelligence.
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“The Physical Symbol System Hypothesis. A physical symbol system has the necessary and sufficient means for general intelligent action.”

Allen Newell

Source: Computer Science as Empirical Inquiry: Symbols and Search (1975), p. 116. This is also called the Church–Turing thesis.

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“[The] amount of search is not a measure of the amount of intelligence being exhibited. What makes a problem a problem is not that a large amount of search is required for its solution, but that a large amount would be required if a requisite level of intelligence were not applied.”

Allen Newell

Source: Computer Science as Empirical Inquiry: Symbols and Search (1975), p. 122.

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“Heuristic Search Hypothesis. The solutions to problems are represented as symbol structures. A physical symbol system exercises its intelligence in problem solving by search—that is, by generating and progressively modifying symbol structures until it produces a solution structure.”

Allen Newell

Source: Computer Science as Empirical Inquiry: Symbols and Search (1975), p. 120.

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