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Aspects of Innateness and Introspection in Artificial Agents

Authors:
Chris White
David Bell
Weiru Liu

Keywords: Autonomy; Innateness; Introspection; Machine Intelligence; Cognitive Architecture

Abstract:
Abstract - Autonomous Computation and cognition, the set of processes that characterise intelligent behaviour are related. For example, cognition drives the autonomy of a robotic agent. In this paper, it is our position that Innateness and Introspection, sometimes referred to here as Instinct and Observation, respectively, are key areas not explicitly focused upon in many current cognitive architectures. By identifying a ‘minimalistic’ cognition, and incrementally adding Innateness capabilities and Introspection ability, this research defines a structure underpinning a robot explorer that can deal with uncertain environments. The flexibility offered by this structure is considered to be essential for full autonomy. This paper proposes a framework for achieving Innateness and Introspection in autonomous agents and describes briefly two experiments that have shown that a degree of Innateness and Introspection can be achieved, functionally, in robotic agents.

Pages: 140 to 145

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2011

Publication date: May 22, 2011

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-3913

ISBN: 978-1-61208-134-2

Location: Venice/Mestre, Italy

Dates: from May 22, 2011 to May 27, 2011