Editing Connectionism (section)

== The neural network winter ==
There was some conflict among artificial intelligence researchers as to what neural networks are useful for. Around late 1960s, there was a widespread lull in research and publications on neural networks, "the neural network winter", which lasted through the 1970s, during which the field of artificial intelligence turned towards symbolic methods. The publication of ''[[Perceptrons (book)|Perceptrons]]'' (1969) is typically regarded as a catalyst of this event.<ref>{{Citation |last=Olazaran |first=Mikel |title=Advances in Computers Volume 37 |chapter=A Sociological History of the Neural Network Controversy |date=1993-01-01 |volume=37 |pages=335–425 |editor-last=Yovits |editor-first=Marshall C. |chapter-url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0065245808604088 |access-date=2024-08-07 |publisher=Elsevier|doi=10.1016/S0065-2458(08)60408-8 |isbn=978-0-12-012137-3 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Olazaran |first=Mikel |date=August 1996 |title=A Sociological Study of the Official History of the Perceptrons Controversy |url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/030631296026003005 |journal=Social Studies of Science |language=en |volume=26 |issue=3 |pages=611–659 |doi=10.1177/030631296026003005 |issn=0306-3127|url-access=subscription }}</ref>