ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND HUMAN THINKING AN INSIGHT REVIEW
Amar Nath Singh and Er. Pratyusha Rajguru
Department of Computer Science Gandhi Engineering College, Bhubaneswar
ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT
Research in AI has built upon the tools and techniques of many different disciplines,
including formal logic, probability theory, decision theory, management science,
linguistics and philosophy[1]. However, the application of these disciplines in AI has
necessitated the development of many enhancements and extensions. Among the most
powerful of these are the methods of computational logic. I will argue that computational
logic, embedded in an agent cycle, combines and improves upon both traditional logic and
classical decision theory [1,2]. I will also argue that many of its methods can be used, not
only in AI, but also in ordinary life, to help people improve their own human intelligence
without the assistance of computers.
INTRODUCTION
Computational logic, like other kinds of logic, comes in
many forms. In this paper, I will focus on the abductive logic
programming (ALP) form of computational logic. I will argue
that the ALP agent model, which embeds ALP in an agent
cycle, is a powerful model of both descriptive and normative
thinking. As a descriptive model, it includes production
systems as a special case; and as a normative model, it
includes classical logic and is compatible with classical
decision theory. These descriptive and normative properties of
the ALP agent model make it a dual process theory, which
combines both intuitive and deliberative thinking. Like most
theories, dual process theories also come in many forms[2].
But in one form, as Kahneman and Frederick [2002] put it,
intuitive thinking “quickly proposes intuitive answers to
judgement problems as they arise”, while deliberative
thinking “monitors the quality of these proposals, which it
may endorse, correct, or override”. In this paper, I will be
concerned mainly with the normative features of the ALP
agent model, and on ways in which it can help us to improve
our own human thinking and behaviour. I will focus, in
particular, on ways it can help us both to communicate more
effectively with other people and to make better decisions in
our lives[3]. I will argue that it provides a theoretical
underpinning both for such guidelines on English writing
style as [Williams, 1990, 1995], and for such advice on better
decision-making as [Hammond et al.1999].
This paper is based upon [Kowalski, 2011], which contains
the technical underpinnings of the ALP agent model, as well
as references to related work.The schematic diagram is as
showed below.
A Brief Introduction to ALP Agents
The ALP agent model can be viewed as a variant of the BDI
model, in which agents use their beliefs to satisfy their desires
by generating intentions, which are selected plans of actions.
In ALP agents, beliefs and desires (or goals) areboth
represented as conditionals in the clausal form of logic [4].
Beliefs are represented as logic programming clauses, and
goals are represented as more general clauses, with the
expressive power of full first-order logic (FOL). For example,
the first sentence below expresses a goal, and the other four
sentences express beliefs:
International Journal of Current Advanced Research
ISSN: O: 2319-6475, ISSN: P: 2319 – 6505, Impact Factor: SJIF: 5.995
Available Online at www.journalijcar.org
Volume 6; Issue 7; July 2017; Page No. 4797-4801
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.24327/ijcar.2017.4801.0586
Article History:
Received 18
th
April, 2017
Received in revised form 14
th
May, 2017
Accepted 20
th
June, 2017
Published online 28
th
July, 2017
Key words:
Probability Theory, Decision Theory,
Management Science
Research Article
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*Corresponding author: Amar Nath Singh
Department of Computer Science Gandhi Engineering
College, Bhubaneswar
Fig-1, The basic ALP agent Lifecycle