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A Modelling Framework for Functional Imagination.

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posted on 2023-06-08, 07:54 authored by Hugo Gravato Marques, Owen Holland, Richard Newcombe
Imagination is generally regarded as a very powerful and advanced cognitive ability. In this paper we propose a mod- elling framework for what we call functional imagination: the ability of an embodied agent to simulate its own behav- iors, predict their sensory-based consequences, and extract behavioural benefit from doing so. We identify five key com- ponents of architectures for functional imagination, and claim that they may be both necessary and sufficient. We outline a typical architecture, explain the flow of control within it, and describe a typical testing scenario using nested physics-based robot models. We also show how malfunctions within such an architecture may produce effects reminiscent of those found in certain human pathologies.

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Publication status

  • Published

Publisher

The Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour

Volume

12

Page range

12

Pages

8.0

Presentation Type

  • paper

Event name

Symposium on Computing and Philosophy, AISB Convention, 2008

Event location

Aberdeen

Event type

conference

ISBN

ISBN-1-902956-71

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  • Informatics Publications

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Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2012-02-06

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