Abstract: A Cognitive Theory of Everything..., By Dr. Stan Franklin
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Abstract posted for the May 20-21 AGI Workshop: A Cognitive Theory of Everything: The LIDA Technology as an Artificial General Intelligence Dr. Stan Franklin, Dir. Institute for Intelligent Systems, University of Memphis Implementing and fleshing out a number of psychological and neuroscience theories of cognition, the LIDA conceptual model aims at being a cognitive “theory of everything.” With modules or processes for perception, working memory, episodic memories, “consciousness,” procedural memory, action selection, perceptual learning, episodic learning, deliberation, volition, and non-routine problem solving, the LIDA model is ideally suited to provide a working ontology that would allow for the discussion, design, and comparison of AGI systems. The LIDA technology is based on the LIDA cognitive cycle, a sort of “cognitive atom.” The more elementary cognitive modules play a role in each cognitive cycle. Higher-level processes are performed over multiple cycles. This talk will give a quick overview of the LIDA conceptual model, and its underlying computational technology.  PPT: A Cognitive Theory of Everything VIDEO: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=89...234666857&hl=enBio: A mathematician turned computer scientist turning cognitive scientist, Stan Franklin is the W. Harry Feinstone Interdisciplinary Research Professor in the Computer Science Division at the University of Memphis. He’s a recipient of the University’s Board of Visitors Eminent Faculty Award, a FedEx Institute of Technology founding fellow, and Director of the Institute for Intelligent Systems. His research is motivated by wanting to know how minds work—human minds, animal minds and, particularly, artificial minds. For some years he’s worked on “conscious” software agents, that is, autonomous agents modeling a psychological theory of consciousness. In addition to practical, real world applications, these agents model human and animal cognition and provide testable hypotheses for cognitive scientists and neuroscientists. This endeavor, funded by the US Navy, has been the subject of over thirty papers in scientific journals and conference proceedings. Stan’s graduate degrees are from UCLA, his undergraduate degree from the University of Memphis. He has authored or co-authored almost a hundred academic papers and several edited volumes, as well as authoring a book entitled Artificial Minds published by the MIT Press, which was a primary selection of the Library of Science book club, and has been translated into Japanese and Portuguese. Important Links: Main Workshop Website: http://www.agiri.org/workshop Directions/Hotel: http://www.agiri.org/directions.htm Workshop Schedule: http://www.agiri.org/schedule.htm Printable Version / Handout: http://www.agiri.org/workshop/AGIRI_Workshop_2006.pdf |
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