Who Needs Neural Networks? The Generative Prowess of State Transition Models

Contrary to popular belief, not all generative models for AI require deep learning, neural networks, and the large language models (LLMs) many consider synonymous with Generative AI, if not AI itself. Traditional non-statistical AI approaches, which consists of rules-based systems and are typified by symbolic reasoning, are just as viable, if not more so, for certain generative model use cases.

In fact, there are generative models that involve both non-statistical rules and probabilistic, or statistical, measures. According to Franz CEO Jans…