Meaning is a fuzzy web of patterns: semiotics/autonomy feedback in the WebMind Internet AI system

Author

Goertzel, Ben

Author_Institution

IntelliGenesis Corp., USA

fYear

1998

fDate

14-17 Sep 1998

Firstpage

689

Lastpage

693

Abstract

In the Webmind network-based self-organizing knowledge management system, symbols are grounded by the genetic-algorithm evolution of automata mapping nonlinguistic data to patterns of linguistic reference associated with symbols. This process is the core of the Webmind system´s creation of meaning from its own experience, leading to the philosophical conclusion that, in Webmind at any rate, semiotics supports autonomy via the social creation of self, whereas autonomy supports semiotics by supplying a coherent body of information to serve as raw material for the evolution of symbol groundings

Keywords

Internet; fuzzy set theory; genetic algorithms; information resources; knowledge based systems; symbol manipulation; Internet AI system; WebMind; automata mapping; autonomy; autonomy feedback; autopoiesis; fuzzy set theory; genetic-algorithm; knowledge management system; nonlinguistic data; self-organization; semiotics; symbol grounding; Artificial intelligence; Computer networks; Feedback; Fuzzy systems; Ground support; Grounding; Humans; IP networks; Intelligent networks; Internet;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Intelligent Control (ISIC), 1998. Held jointly with IEEE International Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Robotics and Automation (CIRA), Intelligent Systems and Semiotics (ISAS), Proceedings

Conference_Location

Gaithersburg, MD

ISSN

2158-9860

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4423-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISIC.1998.713803

Filename

713803