Anticipatory Systems

[Jerry Zhu <***>]

--- Judith Rosen <***> wrote:

How the information in these internal predictive
models is encoded, how it is integrated with "real"
behavior of self/environment, how it acts on system
behavior... these are all wide open areas which are 
just screaming for one of you guys to pursue. 

Judith,

A robot is also qaulified as being anticipatory. It is
quit common practice to have machine learning, pattern
recognition to learn environment and anticipate
consequances of future actions so to adjust current
action. A robot can learn environment and get around
obstacles along the way.  These type of ASs are
algorithmic such as computers and they are closed in
the sense that the change of environment is
predetermined.  The description of self and
environment is syntactic. Its mechanism is deduction.

Life as being anticipatory is model-based intead of
algorithms based.  A insect changes its behavior to
adapt to evironmental change not thro genotype but
thro mutation of the genes.  New genes are created in
next generation that are hypothesis not in older
generations.  New behaviors are generated by
interpretate the new genes.  This process is inductive
and semantic.  New knowledge is created by enlarging
the understanding of environment and self thro these
new genes or hypothesis.

Jerry



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