Self-Organizing Learning and Internal Random Excitation as Mechanisms for Imitation and Imagined Action Execution In a recent video, Pentti Haikonen introduces a compelling new approach to imitation learning—one that does not rely on mirror neurons. Instead, he demonstrates how a…
Conscious Robots Series on AI at Every Level: From Beginner to Pro Reasoning Models (explained at four levels of depth) ✨ For Those Who Think AI Is Magic (Basic level – any professional interested in AI) Imagine you have a house…
Gain a deep understanding of AI through its psychological problems, blunders, mistakes, and epic fails. Do you want to have a realistic vision of the current and future capabilities of Artificial Intelligence? Do you want to learn about AI in…
The discipline of Machine Learning focuses on the study and development of algorithms that learn from data. To understand how Machine Learning works, you must first understand the concept of algorithm. Bear in mind that there are many types of…
Conscious-Robots team, winner of the 2K BotPrize 2010 contest, explains how their bot is designed. Originally published at AIGameDev (2010) Most of current efforts in the development of believable bots – bots that behave like human players – are based…
Perla is a conversational agent (chatbot) designed to screen Internet users for symptoms of depression. This blog post is an informative summary of the article: Arrabales, R. (2020). Perla: A Conversational Agent for Depression Screening in Digital Ecosystems. Design, Implementation…
The science of the nervous system, the mind, cognition and emotion Although the study of the mind and its relationship with the brain is a phenomenon with a long historical trajectory, the modern interdisciplinary approach called cognitive neuroscience appeared in 1976 by…
Psychology and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are closely related disciplines, although the organizational divisions that exist in research centers and professional practice sometimes make it difficult to integrate the two areas. Many people are still amazed when they discover that I am…
Complex natural processes such as the control of food intake might inspire the design of new Artificial Intelligence algorithms. Specifically, research in developmental programming reveals how the nervous system reprograms itself even before birth. The traditional view of the nervous…
Pentti O Haikonen. Second Edition. World Scientific 2019. Haikonen’s book is perfect for those interested in Machine Consciousness. This updated edition includes new ideas and insights. This completely revised second edition of Consciousness and Robot Sentience begins with the big…
