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Non-Human Models of Semantic Categorisation

2025-08-04

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<p>Semantic categorisation – the grouping of entities by meaning – is a foundational cognitive process for both biological and artificial intelligences. This essay surveys how categorisation operates in non-human systems: from its evolutionary origins and neural basis in animals, through its treatment in symbolic and connectionist AI, to its emergence in modern deep learning, particularly transformer-based languag...

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DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/xauhj_v1

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