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Area of Science:

  • Developmental psychology
  • Cognitive science
  • Artificial intelligence

Background:

  • Infant cognitive development is characterized by four distinct stages: Exploration Stage (ES), Mapping Stage (MS), Phenomena-causality Stage (PCS), and Essence-causality Stage (ECS).
  • The Mapping Stage (MS) involves training on event sequences, analogous to deep learning.
  • The Phenomena-causality Stage (PCS) symbolizes input/output from mapping training, enabling prediction of subsequent symbols and recognition of underlying essence.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To elucidate the cognitive developmental process in infants and its parallels in artificial systems.
  • To demonstrate how an agent can develop an independent symbol system through evolutionary processes.
  • To explore the emergence of agent-like behavior from basic sensory input and cognitive models.

Main Methods:

  • Conceptualizing cognitive development through four stages: ES, MS, PCS, and ECS.
  • Utilizing a Cognitive Process and Information Processing Model.
  • Simulating an insectoid's evolutionary journey with visual and compositional detection capabilities.

Main Results:

  • The insectoid, evolving via the model, developed an independent symbol system without programmed learning algorithms.
  • The Essence-causality Stage (ECS) was reached, where essence is expressed as a function, signifying a scientific scope.
  • The development of a unique symbolic system was identified as the emergence of an agent.

Conclusions:

  • The study validates a four-stage model of cognitive development applicable to both biological and artificial systems.
  • Independent symbol system creation signifies the birth of an agent, independent of explicit programming.
  • This framework provides insights into the fundamental processes of cognition, learning, and agency.