Creating New Perceptual Descriptions During Category Learning

From Santa Fe Institute

Robert Goldstone, Indiana University Bloomington Bongard problems challenge the problem solver to come up with a rule for distinguishing visual scenes that fall into two categories. They are challenging for both human and machine category learners because only a handful of example scenes are presented for each category, and they often require the open-ended creation of new descriptions. We (Weitnauer, Goldstone, & Ritter, 2023) introduce a new sub-type of Bongard problem called Physical Bonga...