Intelligence without Representation: A Historical Perspective
This paper reflects on a seminal work in the history of AI and representation: Rodney Brooks’ 1991 paper <i>Intelligence without representation</i>. Brooks advocated the removal of explicit representations and engineered environments from the domain of his robotic intelligence experiment...
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| description | This paper reflects on a seminal work in the history of AI and representation: Rodney Brooks’ 1991 paper <i>Intelligence without representation</i>. Brooks advocated the removal of explicit representations and engineered environments from the domain of his robotic intelligence experimentation, in favour of an evolutionary-inspired approach using layers of reactive behaviour that operated independently of each other. Brooks criticised the current progress in AI research and believed that removing complex representation from AI would help address problematic areas in modelling the mind. His belief was that we should develop artificial intelligence by being guided by the evolutionary development of our own intelligence and that his approach mirrored how our own intelligence functions. Thus, the field of behaviour-based robotics emerged. This paper offers a historical analysis of Brooks’ behaviour-based robotics approach and its impact on artificial intelligence and cognitive theory at the time, as well as on modern-day approaches to AI. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b98ddba6884e4c65932247929f603e442023-11-20T13:45:42ZengMDPI AGSystems2079-89542020-09-01833110.3390/systems8030031Intelligence without Representation: A Historical PerspectiveAnna Jordanous0School of Computing, University of Kent, Chatham Maritime, Kent ME4 4AG, UKThis paper reflects on a seminal work in the history of AI and representation: Rodney Brooks’ 1991 paper <i>Intelligence without representation</i>. Brooks advocated the removal of explicit representations and engineered environments from the domain of his robotic intelligence experimentation, in favour of an evolutionary-inspired approach using layers of reactive behaviour that operated independently of each other. Brooks criticised the current progress in AI research and believed that removing complex representation from AI would help address problematic areas in modelling the mind. His belief was that we should develop artificial intelligence by being guided by the evolutionary development of our own intelligence and that his approach mirrored how our own intelligence functions. Thus, the field of behaviour-based robotics emerged. This paper offers a historical analysis of Brooks’ behaviour-based robotics approach and its impact on artificial intelligence and cognitive theory at the time, as well as on modern-day approaches to AI.https://www.mdpi.com/2079-8954/8/3/31behaviour-based roboticsrepresentationadaptive behaviourevolutionary robotics |
| spellingShingle | Anna Jordanous Intelligence without Representation: A Historical Perspective Systems behaviour-based robotics representation adaptive behaviour evolutionary robotics |
| title | Intelligence without Representation: A Historical Perspective |
| title_full | Intelligence without Representation: A Historical Perspective |
| title_fullStr | Intelligence without Representation: A Historical Perspective |
| title_full_unstemmed | Intelligence without Representation: A Historical Perspective |
| title_short | Intelligence without Representation: A Historical Perspective |
| title_sort | intelligence without representation a historical perspective |
| topic | behaviour-based robotics representation adaptive behaviour evolutionary robotics |
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