Epstein Secrets

hich data and procedure are explicitly identical, and there is just one new active data structure in place of the distinction between AtomSpace and MindAgents Where on this continuum does the "mere learning" end and the "real self-modification" start? In this chapter we consider some mechanisms for "adva

ilation 319 schema learning the learning of schemata carrying out cognitive processes in more specialized, context-dependent ways than the general MindAgents do. Eventually, once a CogPrime instance becomes sufficiently complex and advanced, these cognitive schema may replace the MindAgents altogether, l

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

mpilation 319 schema learning the learning of schemata carrying out cognitive processes in more specialized, context-dependent ways than the general MindAgents do. Eventually, once a CogPrime instance becomes sufficiently complex and advanced, these cognitive schema may replace the MindAgents altogether, lea

which data and procedure are explicitly identical, and there is just one new active data structure in place of the distinction between AtomSpace and MindAgents Where on this continuum does the "mere learning" end and the "real self-modification" start? In this chapter we consider some mechanisms for "advan

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

links that could simply be found by the pattern matcher when trying to find variable assignments to satisfy (El, E2, E3, E4}. 36.4.1 Breakdown into MindAgents To make this sort of PLN dynamic work, we require a number of MindAgents to be operating "ambiently" in the background whenever inference is occurr

ep GroundedSchemallode: AttentionalBackwardlnferenceStep which automatically choose the Atom Al they start with, via choosing some Atom within the AttentionalFocus, with probability proportional to STI. Forward chaining, in its simplest form, then becomes: The process of repeatedly executing the AttentionalFor

d effort management frameworks attempt to enforce this, via minimizing the amount of effort spent by the system in getting to a certain conclusion. MindAgents operating primarily on one kind of knowledge (e.g. MOSES, PLN) may for a time seek to follow the shortest paths within their particular correspondin

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