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Robot Brains: Circuits and Systems for Conscious Machines
John Wiley and Sons Ltd, Sep 2007, Pages: 224
This book presents practical design guidelines for the creation of non-numeric, autonomous cognitive machines, examining in detail component parts, realization principles and providing real-world examples for designers, researchers and advanced students in the field. Haikonen starts with an introduction to the topic of cognitive machines before moving on to examine associative neural networks, including a look at the limitations of traditional neural associators. Following this, basic circuit assemblies are described, as a building block for systems introduced later in the book. The next chapter presents perceptory processes required to understand the cognitive system, leading to a discussion of motion perception, setting out how motors and moving parts can be interfaced with the associative neural system in order that fluent motion based on perceived affordances can be achieved without numeric computations. The final chapters focus on the increasingly complex issues related to cognitive machines, such as the concept of machine emotions and natural language in robot brains. The last chapter explains how all of these component parts are related to conscious machines.
About the author:
Dr Pentti Haikonen is an experienced contributor to the field of machine consciousness, conducting research on the topic for over 10 years. He is currently a Principal Scientist in cognitive technology at the Nokia Research Center, Helsinki, and has written the book The Cognitive Approach to Conscious Machines (Imprint Academic, 2003) and the book chapter 'Artificial Minds and Conscious Machines' in Visions of Mind: Architectures for Cognition and Affect (Idea Group Inc., 2005). Haikonen is known for putting forward the theory that 'the brain is definitely not a computer. Thinking is not an execution of programmed strings of commands. The brain is not a numerical calculator either. We do not think by numbers.' Rather than trying to achieve mind and consciousness by identifying and implementing their underlying computational rules, Haikonen proposes 'a special cognitive architecture to reproduce the processes of perception, inner imagery, inner speech, pain, pleasure, emotions, and the cognitive functions behind these.' He has given lectures on machine cognition at the Helsinki University of Technology and has several patents and patent applications on cognitive and neural systems.
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