English Explanatory Dictionary

Moravec's paradox

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. The observation that, contrary to traditional assumptions, reasoning (which is high-level in humans) requires very little computation, but sensorimotor skills (comparatively low-level in humans) require enormous computational resources.

Word forms

Moravec's paradox

Etymology

Articulated in the 1980s by Hans Moravec, among others.

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