2016/01/04 by Agnese Augello, Augello, Agnese, Ignazio Infantino +9 · 1 citation
Computer Science · Psychology · #AI-based Problem Solving and Planning #Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI) #Creativity in Education and Neuroscience #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Reinforcement Learning in Robotics
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1601.00669
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The paper proposes a novel cognitive architecture (CA) for computational\ncreativity based on the Psi model and on the mechanisms inspired by dual\nprocess theories of reasoning and rationality. In recent years, many cognitive\nmodels have focused on dual process theories to better describe and implement\ncomplex cognitive skills in artificial agents, but creativity has been\napproached only at a descriptive level. In previous works we have described\nvarious modules of the cognitive architecture that allows a robot to execute\ncreative paintings. By means of dual process theories we refine some relevant\nmechanisms to obtain artworks, and in particular we explain details about the\nresolution level of the CA dealing with different strategies of access to the\nLong Term Memory (LTM) and managing the interaction between S1 and S2 processes\nof the dual process theory. The creative process involves both divergent and\nconvergent processes in either implicit or explicit manner. This leads to four\nactivities (exploratory, reflective, tacit, and analytic) that, triggered by\nurges and motivations, generate creative acts. These creative acts exploit both\nthe LTM and the WM in order to make novel substitutions to a perceived image by\nproperly mixing parts of pictures coming from different domains. The paper\nhighlights the role of the interaction between S1 and S2 processes, modulated\nby the resolution level, which focuses the attention of the creative agent by\nbroadening or narrowing the exploration of novel solutions, or even drawing the\nsolution from a set of already made associations. An example of artificial\npainter is described in some experimentations by using a robotic platform.\n