A High Level Model of a Conscious Embodied Agent
Jiřı́ Wiedermann
International Journal of Software Science and Computational Intelligence July 1, 2010 DOI: 10.4018/jssci.2010070105 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Citations | 5 |
| Key points | Proposes an architecture for an embodied conscious agent in which two automatically built internal world models, one using artificial mirror neurons to capture environmental syntax and one using neural nets to capture semantics, jointly support processes the author likens to imitation learning and the development of communication, language, thinking, and consciousness. |
Abstract
In this paper, the author describes a simple yet cognitively powerful architecture of an embodied conscious agent. The architecture incorporates a mechanism for mining, representing, processing and exploiting semantic knowledge. This mechanism is based on two complementary internal world models which are built automatically. One model (based on artificial mirror neurons) is used for mining and capturing the syntax of the recognized part of the environment while the second one (based on neural nets) for its semantics. Jointly, the models support algorithmic processes underlying phenomena similar in important aspects to higher cognitive functions such as imitation learning and the development of communication, language, thinking, and consciousness.