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Record 1 2024-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
CONT

Learning systems. Eventually, AI (artificial intelligence) machines will be able to learn. Many learning systems, especially early ones, are based on the physiological structure of the brain.

CONT

A "learner" is any system that embodies a learning function.

CONT

Learning systems have any number of levels that might not require any form of intelligence. ... A learning system can only be required to recognize a pattern and react to it. ... However, what is the desired goal of a learning system that utilizes the vast technology available for the accumulation and presentation of information? The intelligence associated with such systems will prevail.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
CONT

Les systèmes d'apprentissage reposent en général sur l'hypothèse d'un maître conduisant le processus [...]

CONT

L'induction est utilisée de manière intensive dans un grand nombre de systèmes d'apprentissage.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Inteligencia artificial
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Record 2 - external organization data 2023-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - ISO/IEC JTC 1 Information Technology Vocabulary
Universal entry(ies)
36.02.01 (2382)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

entity that learns

OBS

learner: term and definition standardized by ISO/IEC [ISO/IEC 2382-36:2008].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir - ISO/CEI JTC 1 Vocabulaire des technologies de l'information
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
36.02.01 (2382)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

entité qui apprend

OBS

apprenant : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO/CEI [ISO/IEC 2382-36:2008].

Spanish

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Record 3 2013-02-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Education
  • Military Training
OBS

learner: term officially approved by the Defence Terminology Standardization Board.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pédagogie
  • Instruction du personnel militaire
DEF

Personne en situation d'apprentissage.

OBS

apprenant : terme uniformisé par le Conseil de normalisation de terminologie de la Défense.

Spanish

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Record 4 2012-08-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Education (General)
  • Educational Psychology
DEF

One who acquires skills or knowledge ... through instruction, experience, or training ...

CONT

The focus of educational technology is the learner and his needs ... Consequently, information about learners—their levels of performance, aptitudes, background experiences, and other characteristics—is critical to a technological approach.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pédagogie (Généralités)
  • Psychologie scolaire
DEF

Toute personne qui apprend ou qui est engagée dans l'acquisition de nouvelles connaissances, habiletés et attitudes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Pedagogía (Generalidades)
  • Psicología educacional
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Record 5 2011-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Labour and Employment
DEF

One who is a beginner in an occupation which demands a relatively shorter period of time to learn the job than is required for the skilled trade or apprenticeship.

OBS

The learner differs from the trainee in that the learner does not receive formal instruction, but rather learns through actual work experience and job performance under supervision.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Travail et emploi
DEF

Travailleur qui entreprend l'exercice d'un métier ou d'un travail comportant des tâches généralement faciles et pour lequel il n'y a pas d'apprentissage institutionnalisé. Le débutant travaille ordinairement en usine ou en atelier avec un ouvrier expérimenté qui, pendant une période relativement courte, l'initie à la pratique en cours dans l'établissement.

OBS

Le débutant se distingue de l'apprenti qui s'initie à un métier ou à un art comportant des tâches complexes sous la surveillance d'un maître qui le guide et le conseille. L'apprenti acquiert ainsi une connaissance approfondie des secrets du métier ou de l'art auquel il se destine.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Trabajo y empleo
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Record 6 2004-08-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Continuing Education
DEF

A program that alters itself based on its experience.

CONT

Learning programs. These programs are designed to improve their performance as they go along. To do so they require "feedback" (i.e. they must be told when they make a mistake and when they get the right answer).

OBS

Small prototypes of learning programs such as Perceptron, Percy, etc. will make possible larger learning systems.

OBS

Compare to "knowledge acquisition system" and "learning system".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
  • Éducation permanente
DEF

Programme IA tel Perceptron et Percy, qui modélise les processus cognitifs de l'apprentissage chez l'homme, ou le modèle bispatial de Simon et Lea qui comprend un espace d'exemples et un espace de règles.

CONT

Certaines des règles engendrées par PA [programme expert bâti par apprentissage] sont logiquement lourdes et quelquefois simplifiables mais le programme ne possède pas les mécanismes de bon sens qui permettraient de les simplifier.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Inteligencia artificial
  • Educación permanente
DEF

Programa que tiene la capacidad de modificarse o alterarse a sí mismo efectuando cambios, basados en la experiencia del mismo programa, y en resultados desconocidos hasta que ciertas partes del programa han sido ejecutadas.

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