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Journal of Mind Theory |
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Friday, 19 February 2010 |
Journal of Mind Theory
An ASLab Journal
We all realise that the number of publications in the field of cognitive science
is continuously growing. This makes the task of getting a state-of-the-art
picture of the field an impossible task for any normal human.
We feel the need for simplification and focusing. We believe that the pursuit
of the ultimate understanding of mind shall be easier if we are able to get rid
of the decorative literature. While that kind of text usually embellishes
the many insights on the nature of mind, a narrower focus on the very core
issues is absolutely neccessary. Succinctness becomes a major target.
Hence, in the old way of the hard sciences, we strive for terse formalisations
that will minimise the need of ink and paper and will hopefully convey precise,
non-interpretable expressions of theories or hypotheses on mind nature.
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Under this programme we are trying to launch yet another journal which intends
this capture of a formal science of mind. Obviously formality and
abstraction has been attempted in the past, but instead of focusing on a
concrete formalism and/or a concrete target for formalisation, we open the domain to the mind at large without
commiting to a particular language. The commitment is only with the objective:
an unified formal theory of mind.
If we are succesful in this simplifying and focusing attempt, then there will be
a single journal in the reading pile. |
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Intelligence, control and the artificial mind |
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Sunday, 14 February 2010 |
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Artificial intelligence (AI) seems to be at an impasse. The old vision of AI which started as the search for a computer-based approximation of the human mind is not delivering. The initial
hype opened the door to ample criticism following failures to fulfill some bold predictions. Cognitive systems research (CSR) has replaced AI at the forefront of this research programme. But CSR is really just a new name for the same set of objectives, designed to elude the tag of failure. The problem with this programme may not be in the methods but in the naďve conceptualizations that have driven and are still driving the research.
Full reference: PerAda Magazine (2010) 938–946
Link: Web Article
A PDF version can be downloaded here.
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List of Publications |
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Wednesday, 18 June 2008 |
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This is an almost exhaustive list of my publications in four classes:
- Books
- Book chapters
- Journal Articles
- Conference papers
Technical reports and other research projects' related stuff is not contained here.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 18 June 2008 )
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Principles for consciousness in integrated cognitive control |
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Wednesday, 14 November 2007 |
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The article Principles for consciousness in integrated cognitive control by Ricardo Sanz, Ignacio López, Manuel Rodríguez and Carlos Hernández has been published in the journal Neural Networks
In this paper we will argue that given certain conditions for the evolution of biological controllers, they will necessarily evolve in the direction of
incorporating consciousness capabilities. We will also see what are the necessary mechanics for the provision of these capabilities and extrapolate
this vision to the world of artificial systems.
Full reference: Neural Networks 20 (2007) 938–946
DOI: j.neunet.2007.09.012
A preprint version can be downloaded here.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 14 November 2007 )
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A Functional Approach to Emotion in Autonomous Systems |
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Wednesday, 14 November 2007 |
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This is a chapter by Ricardo Sanz, Carlos Hernández, Jaime Gómez and Adolfo Hernando that has been published in the book Brain Inspired Cognitive Systems 2008
Abstract: The construction of fully effective systems seems to pass through the proper exploitation of goal-centric self-evaluative capabilities that let the system teleologically self-manage. Emotions seem to provide this kind of functionality to biological systems and hence the interest in emotion for function sustainment in artificial systems performing in changing and uncertain environments; far beyond the media hullabaloo of displaying human-like emotion-laden faces in robots. This chapter provides a brief analysis of the scientific theories of emotion and presents an engineering approach for developing technology for robust autonomy by implementing functionality inspired in that of biological emotions.
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Brain Inspired Cognitive Systems 2008
Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology , Vol. 657
Hussain, A.; Aleksander, I.; Smith, L.S.; Barros, A.K.; Chrisley, R.; Cutsuridis, V. (Eds.)
2010, 310 p., ISBN: 978-0-387-79099-2
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Get more details about the book at the Springer Website.
A preprint version of our chapter can be downloaded here from the ASLab Website.
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 18 October 2009 )
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