Session:

SOE - Self-Organization on Representations for Genetic and Evolutionary Algorithms

Title:

Representation Emerges from Coupled Behavior

Authors:

Jamie R. Lawson
Joseph Lewis

Abstract:

We present Starcat, an architecture for emergent fluid cognition. We describe the role knowledge representation plays in Starcat, and share insights about that representation which have been discovered in the process of our research. These insights are chiefly that 1) emergent behavior drives emergent representation (whereas in traditional systems representation drives behavior), and 2) that what appears to be representation from a perspective of global awareness may simply be normal activity from a local perspective. We also suggest motivations for emergent representations that are partial, but sufficient to produce behavior.