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percept

percept

9.9
A piece of information from a machine's sensors that the machine uses to understand its surroundings
  • noun
  • /ˈpɜːrˌsɛpt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : percepto
  • And further, the percepts and the goals that we've mentioned here aren't enough.

Examples

  • In this case, the source monitoring is correct: "Peter" is not a percept but is represented as an internally generated percept-like image.

    Academic text (1999)
  • That when you form the final percept, now you can ask what is the dynamics of forming that final percept?

  • You, you know, every, every, every time you see a percept, you also you, you can, you can perturb it in some way.

  • In this case, the source monitoring is correct: "Peter" is not a percept but is represented as an internally generated percept-like image.

    Academic text (1999)
  • These are all percepts and they're part of a complex dynamic system.

  • Our brains encode multimodal memories of objects and actions, and these are partially reactivated as percepts or concepts come into consciousness.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The robot uses various sensors to gather data and create a percept of its surroundings.

  • In artificial intelligence, a percept is crucial for understanding the environment and making decisions.

  • Each input from the machine's sensors generates a percept that helps model the environment.

Synonyms

visual percept
vspercept
  • Specialized
7.5

A picture in your mind you form when you see something

is broader, covering sensor data and internal models used by an artificial agent

Compounds

visual percept
  • Specialized
7.5

A picture in your mind you form when you see something

How Useful

percept
  • Specialized
9.9
to read out
  • Specialized
1 3.4

Surface Forms

percept singular
percepts plural

Etymology

The word percept comes from Latin parts per- 'through' and capere 'to take', the same root as capture. In AI and robotics a percept is a sensor reading 'taken in' by a robot or program, a small piece of data it uses to understand its world or decide what to do.