Symbolic artificial intelligence (AI) is like playing with building blocks, but using words and ideas instead.
Think of it like this: you have a toy box full of shapes, letters, and objects. You can put them together to make words, sentences, and stories. That's kind of like how programming works with symbolic AI.
In symbolic AI, we create a set of rules (or instructions) for the computer to follow. These rules are like building blocks that we use to make the computer understand things. For example, we might have a rule that says "If a light is on, then the room is bright".
Once we have these rules, we can use them to make the computer "think" and "reason" like a human. We can teach it how to read and understand language, recognize objects, and solve problems.
When we use symbolic AI, we build a "map" of the world in the computer's memory. It's like drawing a picture of everything the computer knows about the world. This map is made up of symbols (like words, pictures, and ideas) that the computer can use to reason and solve problems.
So, symbolic AI is like building a language for the computer to understand and use to reason and solve problems, just like building with building blocks!