Differentiating robotic behavior and artificial intelligence from animal behavior and biological intelligence: Testing structural accuracy.
We emphasize the feature of Webb's presentation that bears most directly on contemporary research with real animals. Many neuroscience modelers erroneously conclude that a model that performs like an animal must have achieved this goal through processes analogous with those used by the animal. A simulation failure justifies rejecting a model, but success does not justify acceptance. However, an important benefit of models, successful or otherwise, is to stimulate new research.
Miller
Ralph R
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Department of Psychology, State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, NY 13902-6000 rmiller@binghamton.edu arcedian@binghamton.edu.
Arcediano
Francisco
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