A benchmark in the field of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) would allow evaluation and comparison of the many computational intelligence algorithms that have been developed. In this paper I propose that an ideal benchmark would possess seven key characteristics: fitness, breadth, specificity, low cost, simplicity, range, and task focus.

The Novamente AI Engine, a novel AI software system, is briefly reviewed. Novamente is an integrative artificial general intelligence design, which integrates aspects of many prior AI projects and paradigms, including symbolic, probabilistic, evolutionary programming and reinforcement learning approaches; but its overall architecture is unique, drawing on system-theoretic ideas regarding comple...

by the coauthors, preceding and during the AGI Roadmap Workshop held at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville in October 2009, and from many continuing discussions since then. Some of the ideas also trace back to discussions held during two Evaluation and Metrics for Human Level AI workshopa organized by John Laird and Pat Langley (one in Ann Arbor in late 2008, and one in Tempe in early 2009)...

We describe a hybrid Artificial Intelligence (AI) approach combining soft AI techniques (neural networks) and hard AI methods (alpha-beta game tree search), in an attempt to approximate human play more accurately, in particular with reference to the game of Go. The program is tested and analysed by play against another Go playing program and it is shown that the use of hard AI enhances the perf...

Throughout the literature generated by Searle’s Chinese Room Argument, the Robot Reply has persistently beckoned a more thorough response. Many proponents of AI have stood their ground in holding that there is something intuitively correct about such a reply. For example, critics such as Bridgeman and Abelson contend that if a super robot were able to interact with the world, then this should g...

This special issue aimed to contribute to the unification of two disciplines focusing on cognition and intelligence: the psychology of cognitive development and the psychology of intelligence. The general principles of the organization and development of human intelligence are discussed first. Each paper is then summarized and discussed vis-à-vis these general principles. The implications for m...