Further Experiments in the Evolution of Minimally Cognitive Behavior: From Perceiving Affordances to Selective Attention (2000)
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@INPROCEEDINGS{Slocum00furtherexperiments,
author = {Andrew C. Slocum and Douglas C. Downey and Randall D. Beer and All D. Beer},
title = {Further Experiments in the Evolution of Minimally Cognitive Behavior: From Perceiving Affordances to Selective Attention},
booktitle = {In},
year = {2000},
pages = {430--439},
publisher = {MIT Press}
}
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Abstract
In this paper, we extend previous work on the evolution of continuous-time recurrent neural networks for minimally cognitive behavior (the simplest behavior that raises issues of genuine cognitive interest). Previously, we evolved dynamical "nervous systems" for orientation, reaching, and discrimination. Here we evolve agents that can judge the passability of openings relative to their own body size, discriminate between visible parts of themselves and other objects in their environment, predict and remember the future location of objects in order to catch them blind, and switch their attention between multiple distal objects. 1 . Introduction Notions of situatedness, embodiment and dynamics are playing an increasingly influential role in both the foundations and the practice of cognitive science (Clark, 1997; Beer, 2000). This offers an excellent opportunity for work in adaptive behavior to contribute to cognitive science, and many such efforts are underway (Brooks & Stei...
