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On the necessity of abstraction

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Konidaris, G
Published in: Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences
October 1, 2019

A generally intelligent agent faces a dilemma: it requires a complex sensorimotor space to be capable of solving a wide range of problems, but many tasks are only feasible given the right problem-specific formulation. I argue that a necessary but understudied requirement for general intelligence is the ability to form task-specific abstract representations. I show that the reinforcement learning paradigm structures this question into how to learn action abstractions and how to learn state abstractions, and discuss the field's progress on these topics.

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Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences

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2352-1546

Publication Date

October 1, 2019

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29

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1 / 7

Related Subject Headings

  • 5202 Biological psychology
  • 3209 Neurosciences
  • 1701 Psychology
 

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Konidaris, G. (2019). On the necessity of abstraction. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 29, 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cobeha.2018.11.005
Konidaris, G. “On the necessity of abstraction.” Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences 29 (October 1, 2019): 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cobeha.2018.11.005.
Konidaris G. On the necessity of abstraction. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences. 2019 Oct 1;29:1–7.
Konidaris, G. “On the necessity of abstraction.” Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, vol. 29, Oct. 2019, pp. 1–7. Scopus, doi:10.1016/j.cobeha.2018.11.005.
Konidaris G. On the necessity of abstraction. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences. 2019 Oct 1;29:1–7.
Journal cover image

Published In

Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences

DOI

EISSN

2352-1546

Publication Date

October 1, 2019

Volume

29

Start / End Page

1 / 7

Related Subject Headings

  • 5202 Biological psychology
  • 3209 Neurosciences
  • 1701 Psychology