TY - JOUR
T1 - Learning like a baby
T2 - A survey of artificial intelligence approaches
AU - Guerin, Frank
PY - 2011/6/1
Y1 - 2011/6/1
N2 - One of the major stumbling blocks for artificial intelligence remains the commonsense knowledge problem. It is not clear how we could go about building a program which has all the commonsense knowledge of the average human adult. This has led to growing interest in the "developmental" approach, which takes its inspiration from nature (especially the human infant) and attempts to build a program which could develop its own knowledge and abilities through interaction with the world. The challenge here is to find a learning program which can continuously build on what it knows, to reach increasingly sophisticated levels of knowledge. This survey reviews work in this area, with the emphasis on those that focus on early learning, for example, sensorimotor learning. The concluding discussion assesses the progress thus far and outlines some key problems which have yet to be addressed, and whose solution is essential to achieve the goals of the developmental approach.
AB - One of the major stumbling blocks for artificial intelligence remains the commonsense knowledge problem. It is not clear how we could go about building a program which has all the commonsense knowledge of the average human adult. This has led to growing interest in the "developmental" approach, which takes its inspiration from nature (especially the human infant) and attempts to build a program which could develop its own knowledge and abilities through interaction with the world. The challenge here is to find a learning program which can continuously build on what it knows, to reach increasingly sophisticated levels of knowledge. This survey reviews work in this area, with the emphasis on those that focus on early learning, for example, sensorimotor learning. The concluding discussion assesses the progress thus far and outlines some key problems which have yet to be addressed, and whose solution is essential to achieve the goals of the developmental approach.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=79958778449&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1017/S0269888911000038
DO - 10.1017/S0269888911000038
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:79958778449
SN - 0269-8889
VL - 26
SP - 209
EP - 236
JO - Knowledge Engineering Review
JF - Knowledge Engineering Review
IS - 2
ER -