Cognitive Synergy between Procedural and Declarative Learning in the Control of Animated and Robotic Agents

Authors: Ben Goertzel, Joel Pitt, Jared Wigmore, Nil Geisweiller, Zhenhua Cai, Ruiting Lian, Deheng Huang, Gino Yu
Year: 2011
Venue: Proceedings of AAAI-11
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Summary

Demonstrates cognitive synergy between procedural learning (MOSES) and declarative reasoning (PLN) in controlling virtual agents, showing that their combination outperforms either alone.

Relevance to Hyperon

Key empirical validation of the cognitive synergy hypothesis central to Hyperon's PRIMUS architecture.