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Papers by Klaus Doblhammer
Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence, 2014
In developing cognitive agents using a functional model of the human mind as their decision unit,... more In developing cognitive agents using a functional model of the human mind as their decision unit, a model of motivations and valuations is needed as the basis for the agents' decision making. This enables agents to cope with their internal and external world while pursuing their own agenda. We show that a technical model based on the psychoanalytical drive concept and Damasio's neuro-biological findings is appropriate for human-inspired cognitive agents. In particular, after overcoming the hurdles of interdisciplinary work between hermeneutic and axiomatic approaches, a transformation of psychoanalytical and neuro-biological concepts into an consistent and deterministic model solves the problem of motivations and valuations in artificial cognitive agents. This multi-level model is presented, in which multiple principles and influences of valuation are used to incrementally generate and decide an agenda for the agent's behavior.
2015 Conference on Technologies and Applications of Artificial Intelligence (TAAI), 2015
The examination of AGI agents is an interdisciplinary challenge. This is particularly the case fo... more The examination of AGI agents is an interdisciplinary challenge. This is particularly the case for their foundations, assumedly (in compliance with Damasio) drives and emotions. We demonstrate how these foundations of a human-like control system are tested using simplified exemplary cases as test-specifications. After showing how we model the required functions of the agent's decision unit, we provide details of the incremental steps of our examination. As a first step, we use calibration-specifications, which we concretize with the help of psychoanalysts and neuroscientists and show how a flexible parameterization of the model generates expected behavior. This step enables a deeper model analysis in the second step of our examination, which corresponds to model exploration and provides further information for adaptions of the parameters, model, or assumptions. Overall, this examination methodology allows for a stepwise model development and examination and provides the ground for comparing the simulation data with empirical data, which we plan as a next step.
Die künstliche Intelligenz liefert hervorragende Ergebnisse, man denke nur an Suchfunktionen im I... more Die künstliche Intelligenz liefert hervorragende Ergebnisse, man denke nur an Suchfunktionen im Internet, die hohe Performance, die heutige Roboter erzielen und EU-Projekte wie SENSE [Bru 12], bei der beispielhafte Implementierungen zur Sicherung des Krakauer Flughafens in Polen vorgenommen wurden. Trotzdem kann uns heute immer noch nicht ein Roboter einen Kaffee kochen und servieren, oder kann eine Überwachungsanlage in einer Küche immer noch nicht eine gefährliche Situation für ein Kind wahrnehmen. Es muss nicht nur hinterfragt und damit evaluiert werden, warum man nach ca. 60 Jahren seit der Begründung der künstlichen Intelligenz solch ein Ziel noch nicht erreicht hat, sondern es müssen neue Vorschläge unterbreitet werden, wie man nach dem heutigen Wissensstand dieses Ziel erreichen kann: hohe kognitive, menschliche Fähigkeiten für Maschinen, mit denen komplexe Prozessabläufe wahrgenommen werden können. Die vorliegende Arbeit weist auf zentrale Probleme in der kognitiven Forschun...
IECON 2013 - 39th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, 2013
Complexity of technology is constantly increasing; for the field of automation this means that ec... more Complexity of technology is constantly increasing; for the field of automation this means that economic considerations dictate a need for corresponding measures. Artificial intelligence boasts noteworthy successes in this area; however, its achievements appear modest when compared to the faculties of human intelligence. This paper will demonstrate that a new modeling approach is required via possibilities offered by the mindset and tools of computer technology, thereby demonstrating why a psychoanalytic approach seems sensible and necessary. The paramount goal of the research introduced in the following is a formal approach to describing the human psyche based on the neuro-symbolic and neuronal functional layers. Questions associated with this approach include: To what extent can the psychoanalytic model be confirmed by computer technology and the possibility of simulation? To what extent is an axiomatically developed terminology in psychoanalysis a prerequisite for the better integration of the natural-scientific way of thinking in psychoanalysis? The paper is based on the results of several fundamental research projects within the framework of ARS (Artificial Recognition System) which were funded in part nationally and in part by the EU.
IECON 2013 - 39th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, 2013
When developing autonomous agents, the problem of motivation poses one of the key questions. Foll... more When developing autonomous agents, the problem of motivation poses one of the key questions. Following a bionic approach inspired by psychoanalysis, a multi-level motivational system to enable autonomous agents to pursue their own agenda and cope with their internal and external environment is presented. Considering embodiment, both homeostatic (extrinsic) and non-homeostatic (intrinsic) internal motivations are modeled. In particular, drives, which are represented on multiple levels, are modeled as the motivational element for agents' actions. Representing an additional level of motivations, emotions are integrated as a co-determinant of decision making.
IEEE Africon '11, 2011
ABSTRACT To manage the increasing volume of data per time unit, achievements in information proce... more ABSTRACT To manage the increasing volume of data per time unit, achievements in information processing and artificial intelligence were made. But still the complex processes of human perception and scenario recognition are not fully understood and still far from implementation in technical applications. The contribution of this article to the field of cognitive automation is the concept of prediction for perceptual- and scenario-recognition frameworks. It is a model where prediction originates from neuro-psychoanalytical theories. Inspired by experience-based planning, which is used by the psychoanalytical decision unit, the prediction of possible outcomes from scenarios can be used for proactive acting. It results in a higher detection rate and a faster performance for recognition-units. This first implementation shows the possibilities of the concept and gives an outlook of the performance as soon as the system is fully integrated in the decision-unit.
2011 IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics, 2011
The starting point of this thesis is the unsatisfactory situation concerning the consideration of... more The starting point of this thesis is the unsatisfactory situation concerning the consideration of early language-acquisition from a possible pedagogical point of view: On the one side pedagogics, if it is an theoretical construction as well as an institutional practice concerning language-acquisition, uses the results of an scientific consideration of the phenomenon (collate: theories of language-acquisition from Loch, Oevermann, Göppner, Bittner or the practical concept of Kolonko). On the other side there are also systematical problems within the relation between (formal) education and language, if the concept of education is in the centre of a pedagogical thinking: Proved as an example in the (classical) theory of education of Humboldt, there is a form - substance problem within the consideration of language as a subject of education, there is the problem of the status of consciousness in relation to language and the aspect of a possible outside-determination an alienation of the...
Computational models of the human decision making process have already enabled several insights a... more Computational models of the human decision making process have already enabled several insights and applications. Nevertheless, such models have only recently begun to consider that simply modelling rational decision making was insufficient to represent human behavior. Recent efforts have started to consider this factor by utilizing computational models of emotions. One of the most significant challenges to be faced here is the interdisciplinary cooperation required in order to develop a holistic and integrated model, which reflects aspects of embodiment and is integrated in a holistic cognitive architecture. In this paper we will analyse how models from relevant disciplines can support us in outlining an overview model which considers the mentioned criteria.
This paper is about the mechanisms of logical reasoning which would fit into a cognitive architec... more This paper is about the mechanisms of logical reasoning which would fit into a cognitive architecture based on the concepts of psychoanalytic metapsychology. As the results have to be based on a bionic approach beyond neurological findings a turn back to the roots of logic is required. According to psychoanalytical theory word presentations are the base of language on the one hand and connected to that the base of rational thought on the other. The paper shows, how a functional model of logical thought can be derived from basic metapsychological insights and how based on word presentations atomic propositions emerge from simple word presentations in a psyche. Finally it sketches briefly, how reasoning rules have to be handled based on the underlying model.
In recent years, psychoanalytic theory has become interesting to research areas for which it was ... more In recent years, psychoanalytic theory has become interesting to research areas for which it was not primarily conceptualized, e.g. neuropsychoanalysis or artificial intelligence research. These areas of application of psychoanalytic theory were met with the same criticism, originally raised against psychoanalysis, namely its relation to philosophy of science and particularly its claim to be part of natural science. In this paper these reservations will be reviewed as epistemological misunderstandings and preconceptions. It will be exemplarily demonstrated how a typical epistemological criticism of psychoanalysis, namely that by Popper, comprehends and classifies psychoanalysis. The paper intends to point out the incongruity between this criticism and the intention of psychoanalysis and its theory. The second part of the paper then introduces the project SiMA with its interdisciplinary methodology and approaches as a project accepting the challenge of using psychoanalysis for comput...
Journal of Computers
This paper addresses psychologists-psychoanalysts in particular-and engineers, as well as others ... more This paper addresses psychologists-psychoanalysts in particular-and engineers, as well as others with an interest in technology and a proclivity for critical thinking. We hope to grasp the attention of persons who are skeptical or even uneasy with regard to modern electronic machines. It is important to realize that the mathematician and information theoretician Alan Turing was the first to prompt mankind to consider a comparison between intelligent machines and humans from a scientific perspective. His test proposal piqued the interest of engineers as well as philosophers, and has caused many of them to question their concepts to this day. This treatise aims to show that Turing, a scientist rightfully (albeit belatedly) highly esteemed, formulated a fascinating research question which can be legitimately answered only if one deals intensively and seriously with the disciplines of psychoanalysis and computer engineering. The project SiMA (Simulation of Mental apparatus & Applications) at the Vienna University of Technology assembled a team of scientists who have come to a concise conclusion and formulated an answer to this question. The answer, however, is not what one might expect.
Zeitschrift für psychoanalytische Theorie und Praxis, 2005
Sixth International Conference on Advances in Computing Communication and Information Technology CCIT 2018, Apr 29, 2018
Localization is from the purely technical point of view an already solved problem. There are work... more Localization is from the purely technical point of view an already solved problem. There are working selflocalization algorithms and a lot of very good navigation algorithms. The aim of this paper is a little bit different. We want to identify the way, how humans do localization. How humans localize themselves and find their way to desired objects. Psychoanalysis is the cornerstone we get our insight into the human brain from. Using this different approach, we will not beat existing navigation systems in speed or performance. This is not our target. What we like to do is, to support psychoanalysis in verifying their theory by implementing a model of the human mind in a technical simulation. In the paper at hand, we describe where the different methods of self-localization and navigation are located within the whole model.
e & i Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik, 2016
Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence, 2014
In developing cognitive agents using a functional model of the human mind as their decision unit,... more In developing cognitive agents using a functional model of the human mind as their decision unit, a model of motivations and valuations is needed as the basis for the agents' decision making. This enables agents to cope with their internal and external world while pursuing their own agenda. We show that a technical model based on the psychoanalytical drive concept and Damasio's neuro-biological findings is appropriate for human-inspired cognitive agents. In particular, after overcoming the hurdles of interdisciplinary work between hermeneutic and axiomatic approaches, a transformation of psychoanalytical and neuro-biological concepts into an consistent and deterministic model solves the problem of motivations and valuations in artificial cognitive agents. This multi-level model is presented, in which multiple principles and influences of valuation are used to incrementally generate and decide an agenda for the agent's behavior.
2015 Conference on Technologies and Applications of Artificial Intelligence (TAAI), 2015
The examination of AGI agents is an interdisciplinary challenge. This is particularly the case fo... more The examination of AGI agents is an interdisciplinary challenge. This is particularly the case for their foundations, assumedly (in compliance with Damasio) drives and emotions. We demonstrate how these foundations of a human-like control system are tested using simplified exemplary cases as test-specifications. After showing how we model the required functions of the agent's decision unit, we provide details of the incremental steps of our examination. As a first step, we use calibration-specifications, which we concretize with the help of psychoanalysts and neuroscientists and show how a flexible parameterization of the model generates expected behavior. This step enables a deeper model analysis in the second step of our examination, which corresponds to model exploration and provides further information for adaptions of the parameters, model, or assumptions. Overall, this examination methodology allows for a stepwise model development and examination and provides the ground for comparing the simulation data with empirical data, which we plan as a next step.
Die künstliche Intelligenz liefert hervorragende Ergebnisse, man denke nur an Suchfunktionen im I... more Die künstliche Intelligenz liefert hervorragende Ergebnisse, man denke nur an Suchfunktionen im Internet, die hohe Performance, die heutige Roboter erzielen und EU-Projekte wie SENSE [Bru 12], bei der beispielhafte Implementierungen zur Sicherung des Krakauer Flughafens in Polen vorgenommen wurden. Trotzdem kann uns heute immer noch nicht ein Roboter einen Kaffee kochen und servieren, oder kann eine Überwachungsanlage in einer Küche immer noch nicht eine gefährliche Situation für ein Kind wahrnehmen. Es muss nicht nur hinterfragt und damit evaluiert werden, warum man nach ca. 60 Jahren seit der Begründung der künstlichen Intelligenz solch ein Ziel noch nicht erreicht hat, sondern es müssen neue Vorschläge unterbreitet werden, wie man nach dem heutigen Wissensstand dieses Ziel erreichen kann: hohe kognitive, menschliche Fähigkeiten für Maschinen, mit denen komplexe Prozessabläufe wahrgenommen werden können. Die vorliegende Arbeit weist auf zentrale Probleme in der kognitiven Forschun...
IECON 2013 - 39th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, 2013
Complexity of technology is constantly increasing; for the field of automation this means that ec... more Complexity of technology is constantly increasing; for the field of automation this means that economic considerations dictate a need for corresponding measures. Artificial intelligence boasts noteworthy successes in this area; however, its achievements appear modest when compared to the faculties of human intelligence. This paper will demonstrate that a new modeling approach is required via possibilities offered by the mindset and tools of computer technology, thereby demonstrating why a psychoanalytic approach seems sensible and necessary. The paramount goal of the research introduced in the following is a formal approach to describing the human psyche based on the neuro-symbolic and neuronal functional layers. Questions associated with this approach include: To what extent can the psychoanalytic model be confirmed by computer technology and the possibility of simulation? To what extent is an axiomatically developed terminology in psychoanalysis a prerequisite for the better integration of the natural-scientific way of thinking in psychoanalysis? The paper is based on the results of several fundamental research projects within the framework of ARS (Artificial Recognition System) which were funded in part nationally and in part by the EU.
IECON 2013 - 39th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, 2013
When developing autonomous agents, the problem of motivation poses one of the key questions. Foll... more When developing autonomous agents, the problem of motivation poses one of the key questions. Following a bionic approach inspired by psychoanalysis, a multi-level motivational system to enable autonomous agents to pursue their own agenda and cope with their internal and external environment is presented. Considering embodiment, both homeostatic (extrinsic) and non-homeostatic (intrinsic) internal motivations are modeled. In particular, drives, which are represented on multiple levels, are modeled as the motivational element for agents' actions. Representing an additional level of motivations, emotions are integrated as a co-determinant of decision making.
IEEE Africon '11, 2011
ABSTRACT To manage the increasing volume of data per time unit, achievements in information proce... more ABSTRACT To manage the increasing volume of data per time unit, achievements in information processing and artificial intelligence were made. But still the complex processes of human perception and scenario recognition are not fully understood and still far from implementation in technical applications. The contribution of this article to the field of cognitive automation is the concept of prediction for perceptual- and scenario-recognition frameworks. It is a model where prediction originates from neuro-psychoanalytical theories. Inspired by experience-based planning, which is used by the psychoanalytical decision unit, the prediction of possible outcomes from scenarios can be used for proactive acting. It results in a higher detection rate and a faster performance for recognition-units. This first implementation shows the possibilities of the concept and gives an outlook of the performance as soon as the system is fully integrated in the decision-unit.
2011 IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics, 2011
The starting point of this thesis is the unsatisfactory situation concerning the consideration of... more The starting point of this thesis is the unsatisfactory situation concerning the consideration of early language-acquisition from a possible pedagogical point of view: On the one side pedagogics, if it is an theoretical construction as well as an institutional practice concerning language-acquisition, uses the results of an scientific consideration of the phenomenon (collate: theories of language-acquisition from Loch, Oevermann, Göppner, Bittner or the practical concept of Kolonko). On the other side there are also systematical problems within the relation between (formal) education and language, if the concept of education is in the centre of a pedagogical thinking: Proved as an example in the (classical) theory of education of Humboldt, there is a form - substance problem within the consideration of language as a subject of education, there is the problem of the status of consciousness in relation to language and the aspect of a possible outside-determination an alienation of the...
Computational models of the human decision making process have already enabled several insights a... more Computational models of the human decision making process have already enabled several insights and applications. Nevertheless, such models have only recently begun to consider that simply modelling rational decision making was insufficient to represent human behavior. Recent efforts have started to consider this factor by utilizing computational models of emotions. One of the most significant challenges to be faced here is the interdisciplinary cooperation required in order to develop a holistic and integrated model, which reflects aspects of embodiment and is integrated in a holistic cognitive architecture. In this paper we will analyse how models from relevant disciplines can support us in outlining an overview model which considers the mentioned criteria.
This paper is about the mechanisms of logical reasoning which would fit into a cognitive architec... more This paper is about the mechanisms of logical reasoning which would fit into a cognitive architecture based on the concepts of psychoanalytic metapsychology. As the results have to be based on a bionic approach beyond neurological findings a turn back to the roots of logic is required. According to psychoanalytical theory word presentations are the base of language on the one hand and connected to that the base of rational thought on the other. The paper shows, how a functional model of logical thought can be derived from basic metapsychological insights and how based on word presentations atomic propositions emerge from simple word presentations in a psyche. Finally it sketches briefly, how reasoning rules have to be handled based on the underlying model.
In recent years, psychoanalytic theory has become interesting to research areas for which it was ... more In recent years, psychoanalytic theory has become interesting to research areas for which it was not primarily conceptualized, e.g. neuropsychoanalysis or artificial intelligence research. These areas of application of psychoanalytic theory were met with the same criticism, originally raised against psychoanalysis, namely its relation to philosophy of science and particularly its claim to be part of natural science. In this paper these reservations will be reviewed as epistemological misunderstandings and preconceptions. It will be exemplarily demonstrated how a typical epistemological criticism of psychoanalysis, namely that by Popper, comprehends and classifies psychoanalysis. The paper intends to point out the incongruity between this criticism and the intention of psychoanalysis and its theory. The second part of the paper then introduces the project SiMA with its interdisciplinary methodology and approaches as a project accepting the challenge of using psychoanalysis for comput...
Journal of Computers
This paper addresses psychologists-psychoanalysts in particular-and engineers, as well as others ... more This paper addresses psychologists-psychoanalysts in particular-and engineers, as well as others with an interest in technology and a proclivity for critical thinking. We hope to grasp the attention of persons who are skeptical or even uneasy with regard to modern electronic machines. It is important to realize that the mathematician and information theoretician Alan Turing was the first to prompt mankind to consider a comparison between intelligent machines and humans from a scientific perspective. His test proposal piqued the interest of engineers as well as philosophers, and has caused many of them to question their concepts to this day. This treatise aims to show that Turing, a scientist rightfully (albeit belatedly) highly esteemed, formulated a fascinating research question which can be legitimately answered only if one deals intensively and seriously with the disciplines of psychoanalysis and computer engineering. The project SiMA (Simulation of Mental apparatus & Applications) at the Vienna University of Technology assembled a team of scientists who have come to a concise conclusion and formulated an answer to this question. The answer, however, is not what one might expect.
Zeitschrift für psychoanalytische Theorie und Praxis, 2005
Sixth International Conference on Advances in Computing Communication and Information Technology CCIT 2018, Apr 29, 2018
Localization is from the purely technical point of view an already solved problem. There are work... more Localization is from the purely technical point of view an already solved problem. There are working selflocalization algorithms and a lot of very good navigation algorithms. The aim of this paper is a little bit different. We want to identify the way, how humans do localization. How humans localize themselves and find their way to desired objects. Psychoanalysis is the cornerstone we get our insight into the human brain from. Using this different approach, we will not beat existing navigation systems in speed or performance. This is not our target. What we like to do is, to support psychoanalysis in verifying their theory by implementing a model of the human mind in a technical simulation. In the paper at hand, we describe where the different methods of self-localization and navigation are located within the whole model.
e & i Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik, 2016