A Probabilistic Model of Perception

The development of electronic computers has made it possible to transfer to them a number of the "intellectual" functions of man. At present such machines are being employed to model broader and broader regions of man's psychological activity. One of the most important problems in this connection is the building of "perceptive machines," such as reading machines, "the printing phonograph" and so forth. Perceptive machines are a necessary element in the development of automatic equipment to operate in complicated environments.