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It has been widely known that reasoning with and about context is an essential aspect of human cognition, permeating language, memory, and reasoning capabilities. This integral process is developed over a lifetime through experiential learning. Given that one goal of artificial intelligence has been to create human-like intelligence in a machine, it is essential to include such contextual considerations in system design and implementation. This paper extends the discussion about contextual reasoning in humans and how modeling it in a computer program can help to get closer to the ultimate intelligent machine.
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Hollister, D.L., Gonzalez, A., Hollister, J. (2017). Contextual Reasoning in Human Cognition and the Implications for Artificial Intelligence Systems. In: Brézillon, P., Turner, R., Penco, C. (eds) Modeling and Using Context. CONTEXT 2017. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 10257. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57837-8_48
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