Modularity of Mind
Modularity of Mind is the notion that a
mind may be composed of modules. The
emergence in
artificial intelligence of artificial mind
software based on
cognitive science sheds light backwards from the artificial to the natural. If a
robot mind such as the
Mind-1.1 software described in the AI4U reference
below is necessarily composed of modules for compliance with theory of mind considerations and standard programming practices, then mind-modules evolving in AI software may illuminate a parallel
evolution of mind-modules in nature. The CPAN mind.txt reference link below by the independent scholar
Arthur T. Murray suggests Sensorium,
Emotion, Think,
Volition and Motorium as top-level mind-modules which ought to be coded in
AI minds and which have been partially, albeit primitively, implemented in the
Mind-1.1 source code of the alternative AI4U textbook on
artificial intelligence.
References
- Murray, Arthur T. AI4U: Mind-1.1 Programmer's Manual, ISBN 0595654371
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