Epstein Secrets

49.6 Cognitive Processes 481 CogPrime's multi-memory design, it's natural to consider CogPrime's cognitive processes in terms of which memory subsystems they focus on (although, this is

ue to their involvement in the agent's activities, is because they had their LTI boosted at some point in the past. And after these Atoms leave the AttentionalFocus and their STI reduces, they will have boosted LTI and hence likely remain in RAM for a long while, to be involved in "background thought", and in c

concepts in one of Douglas HoEstadter's books. Naturally, real concept heterarchies are far more large, complex and tangled than even this one. In CogPrime, ECAN enforces heterarchy via building SymmetricHebbianLinks, and PLN by building SimilarityLinks, IntensionalSimilarityLinks and ExtensionalSimilar

r than simply assumed a priori. • Consciousness: CogPrime is not predicated on any particular conceptual theory of con- sciousness. Informally, the AttentionalFocus is sometimes referred to as the "conscious" mind of a CogPrime system, with the rest of the Atomspace as "unconscious" but this is just an informal

n concepts in one of Douglas Hofstadter’s books. Naturally, real concept heterarchies are far more large, complex and tangled than even this one. In CogPrime, ECAN enforces heterarchy via building SymmetricHebbianLinks, and PLN by building SimilarityLinks, IntensionalSimilarityLinks and ExtensionalSimilari

ther than simply assumed a priori. Consciousness: CogPrime is not predicated on any particular conceptual theory of con- sciousness. Informally, the AttentionalFocus is sometimes referred to as the “conscious” mind of a CogPrime system, with the rest of the Atomspace as “unconscious” but this is just an informal u