connectionist
English
Etymology
From connection + -ist.
Noun
connectionist (plural connectionists)
- (cognitive science, artificial intelligence) An advocate of connectionism.
- Coordinate term: (AI) symbolist
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- At the helm of the connectionists was [Frank] Rosenblatt and his Perceptron, an early proof of concept for a machine learning system.
Adjective
connectionist (not comparable)
- Of or relating to connectionism.