The hypothesis is presented that ”cognitive synergy” – proactive and mutually-assistive feedback between different cognitive processes associated with different types of memory – may serve as a foundation for advanced artificial general intelligence. A specific AI architecture founded on this idea, OpenCogPrime, is described, in the context of its application to control virtual agents and robot...

Stewart Wilson introduced the term animat for artificial animals and outlined the animat path to artificial intelligence. In this paper the animat path to artificial general intelligence is explored. A general computational model is proposed for animats living in dynamic block worlds, e.g. in the Minecraft environment. The model uses mechanisms for learning and decision-making that are common t...

We posit that, given the current state of development of cognitive science, the greatest synergies between this field and artificial intelligence arise when one adopts a high level of abstraction. On the one hand, we suggest, cognitive science embodies some interesting, potentially general principles regarding cognition under limited resources, and AI systems that violate these principles shoul...

Artificial general intelligence (AGI) has no consensus definition but everyone believes that they will recognize it when it appears. Unfortunately, in reality, there is great debate over specific examples that range the gamut from exact human brain simulations to infinitely capable systems. Indeed, it has even been argued whether specific instances of humanity are truly generally intelligent. L...

Robert J. Sampson and W. Byron Groves (1989) analyzed data from 238 British neighborhoods to test the mediating effect of indicators of social disorganization. Basing their work on that of Clifford R. Shaw and Henry D. McKay (1942), these researchers created indicators such as friendship networks, organizational participation, and the control of street-corner teenaged peer groups, and developed...

The architectural approach to AI focuses on the fixed structure underlying intelligence. Applying it to statistical relational AI should further stimulate the application of statistical relational techniques across AI, while focusing research on their commonalities, (in)compatibilities and integration. It could also yield new architectures that are simpler yet more comprehensive than today’s be...

Conspiracy theory has lately come under greater scrutiny in countries around the world, with several conspiracy theories having gained infamy for encouraging dangerous behaviors and attitudes among their followers: QAnon United States (see Coaston, 2020); claims that COVID-19 was brought to China by Americans Chunshan, broader international anti-vaccination movement DiRusso & Stansberry, 2022; ...

arithmetic coding (AC) is notable for its high compression gain and high implementation cost. The coding process includes range update, renormalization, and probability estimation update. Old AC engine realized both range update and probability estimation update by multiplications or table look-up. In this paper, we replace multiples with additions by combining original domain and logarithmic d...

The conceptual fuzziness of terms like misinformation, disinformation, rumour, gossip, conspiracy theories has been discussed by various scholars (e.g. DiFonzo & Bordia, 2007; Rojecki Meraz, 2016). In both academic research and media reports, it is common to see these being used interchangeably. To develop better understanding how why different forms misinformation operate, important clarif...