Cognitive Being
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A Cognitive Being is an intelligent agent that performs cognitive processes to enable mental functions and thought operations.
- AKA: Mental Entity, Cognitive Agent, Thinking Entity, Cognitive Unit.
- Context:
- It can typically maintain Cognitive States through cognitive mental conditions and cognitive thought states.
- It can typically perform Cognitive Actions via cognitive mental execution and cognitive intentional operations.
- It can typically process Cognitive Information through cognitive information analysis, cognitive memory encoding, and cognitive perceptual interpretation.
- It can typically develop Cognitive Models of cognitive environments using cognitive representational structures.
- It can typically demonstrate Cognitive Processing Capability in cognitive mental operations requiring cognitive attentional resources.
- It can typically possess Cognitive Storage Capacity in cognitive memory functions with varying cognitive retention durations.
- It can typically form Cognitive Connection Patterns in cognitive networks through cognitive associative mechanisms.
- It can typically manipulate Cognitive Representations through cognitive information transformation and cognitive symbolic processing.
- It can typically engage in Cognitive Information Acquisition through cognitive sensory processes and cognitive perceptual systems.
- It can typically implement Cognitive Goal-Directed Behavior through cognitive planning processes and cognitive intention formation.
- It can typically maintain Cognitive Internal States that influence cognitive decision outcomes.
- It can typically have a Cognitive System for cognitive information processing with cognitive architectural components.
- It can typically contain a Cognitive Inductive Reasoning System for cognitive pattern recognition and cognitive generalization formation.
- It can typically contain a Cognitive Deductive Reasoning System for cognitive logical inference and cognitive rule application.
- It can typically have a Cognitive Learning Ability for cognitive knowledge acquisition through cognitive experience integration.
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- It can often adapt Cognitive Patterns through cognitive adjustment based on cognitive feedback mechanisms.
- It can often modify Cognitive Structures via cognitive reorganization during cognitive development phases.
- It can often enhance Cognitive Performance through cognitive learning and cognitive practice optimization.
- It can often engage in Cognitive Reasoning through cognitive logical processes and cognitive inference chains.
- It can often achieve Cognitive Awareness of cognitive states and cognitive environments via cognitive monitoring systems.
- It can often contain a Cognitive Abductive Reasoning System for cognitive hypothesis generation and cognitive explanation formation.
- It can often be supported by a Cognitive Operating System for cognitive mental operations and cognitive resource allocation.
- It can often make Cognitive Decisions that lead to Cognitive Actions through cognitive evaluation processes.
- It can often be a Cognitive Linguistic Agent capable of cognitive symbol manipulation and cognitive language processing.
- It can often develop Cognitive Mental Models of its cognitive environment through cognitive observation integration.
- It can often engage in Cognitive Restructuring to adapt cognitive belief patterns when confronted with cognitive contradictory evidence.
- It can often apply Cognitive Chunking to optimize cognitive information processing by grouping cognitive related elements.
- It can often demonstrate Cognitive Abstraction to simplify cognitive representations across cognitive complexity levels.
- It can often utilize Cognitive Modular Processing for cognitive specialized functions in cognitive domain-specific tasks.
- It can often participate in Cognitive Distributed Systems across cognitive collective structures to achieve cognitive emergent capabilitys.
- It can often implement Cognitive Prediction Systems to anticipate cognitive future states based on cognitive current conditions.
- It can often maintain Cognitive Homeostasis by regulating cognitive internal parameters within cognitive optimal ranges.
- It can often deploy Cognitive Resource Allocation Strategys to manage cognitive limited capacity.
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- It can range from being a Simple Cognitive Being to being a Complex Cognitive Being, depending on its cognitive complexity.
- It can range from being a Basic Cognitive Being to being an Advanced Cognitive Being, depending on its cognitive functional sophistication.
- It can range from being a Concrete Cognitive Being to being an Abstract Cognitive Being, depending on its cognitive abstraction level.
- It can range from being a Conscious Cognitive Being to being a Non-Conscious Cognitive Being, depending on its cognitive consciousness level.
- It can range from being a Natural Cognitive Being to being a Synthetic Cognitive Being, depending on its cognitive implementation type.
- It can range from being an Individual Cognitive Being to being a Collective Cognitive Being, depending on its cognitive entity distribution.
- It can range from being an Autonomous Cognitive Being to being a Dependent Cognitive Being, depending on its cognitive independence level.
- It can range from being a Fixed Cognitive Being to being an Adaptive Cognitive Being, depending on its cognitive learning capability.
- It can range from being a Specialized Cognitive Being to being a Generalized Cognitive Being, depending on its cognitive functional diversity.
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- It can interact with other Cognitive Beings through cognitive interaction mechanisms and cognitive communication protocols.
- It can participate in Cognitive Systems as cognitive components with defined cognitive functional roles.
- It can contribute to Cognitive Architectures as cognitive building blocks with specific cognitive architectural purposes.
- It can facilitate Cognitive Processes through cognitive operations and cognitive functional execution.
- It can express Cognitive Content through cognitive mental representations and cognitive knowledge structures.
- It can exist within Cognitive Domains at various cognitive levels of cognitive organizational hierarchy.
- It can have a Cognitive Skill Level in various cognitive domains based on cognitive expertise development.
- It can be a Cognitive Introspecting System with cognitive self-awareness and cognitive metacognitive capability.
- It can have Cognitive Personal Interests driving cognitive motivation and cognitive attention allocation.
- It can have a Cognitive Bias affecting cognitive decision making and cognitive judgment formation.
- It can possess Cognitive Theory of Mind for cognitive social cognition and cognitive mental state attribution.
- It can develop Cognitive Learning Strategys for cognitive skill acquisition and cognitive knowledge refinement.
- It can engage in Cognitive Chunking Processes to optimize cognitive memory utilization and cognitive information recall.
- It can form Cognitive Cohesive Units through cognitive information integration and cognitive conceptual binding.
- It can exhibit Cognitive Modularity through cognitive specialized processing in distinct cognitive functional modules.
- It can demonstrate Cognitive Adaptability in response to cognitive environmental changes through cognitive flexible response.
- It can utilize Cognitive Categorical Structures for cognitive information organization and cognitive conceptual classification.
- It can implement Cognitive Predictive Coding to minimize cognitive prediction error and optimize cognitive processing efficiency.
- It can establish Cognitive Temporal Models to represent cognitive event sequences and cognitive causal relationships.
- It can maintain Cognitive Context Awareness to appropriately adjust cognitive behavioral responses to cognitive situational factors.
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- Examples:
- Biological Cognitive Beings, such as:
- Human Cognitive Beings, such as:
- Human Memory Cognitive Being demonstrating cognitive episodic memory and cognitive semantic memory.
- Human Reasoning Cognitive Being demonstrating cognitive inductive reasoning and cognitive deductive reasoning.
- Human Perception Cognitive Being demonstrating cognitive sensory processing across cognitive sensory channels.
- Human Language Cognitive Being demonstrating cognitive linguistic processing and cognitive semantic understanding.
- Human Creative Cognitive Being demonstrating cognitive imaginative synthesis and cognitive novel combination.
- Non-Human Primate Cognitive Beings, such as:
- Chimpanzee Cognitive Being demonstrating cognitive tool use and cognitive social learning.
- Bonobo Cognitive Being demonstrating cognitive symbolic communication and cognitive empathetic understanding.
- Orangutan Cognitive Being demonstrating cognitive future planning and cognitive self-recognition.
- Cetacean Cognitive Beings, such as:
- Dolphin Cognitive Being demonstrating cognitive problem solving and cognitive social intelligence.
- Orca Cognitive Being demonstrating cognitive cultural transmission and cognitive collective hunting.
- Avian Cognitive Beings, such as:
- Corvid Cognitive Being demonstrating cognitive tool manufacture and cognitive causal understanding.
- Parrot Cognitive Being demonstrating cognitive vocal learning and cognitive numerical competence.
- Elephant Cognitive Being demonstrating cognitive social memory and cognitive empathic response.
- Octopus Cognitive Being demonstrating cognitive problem solving and cognitive observational learning.
- Human Cognitive Beings, such as:
- Artificial Cognitive Beings, such as:
- AI Cognitive Beings, such as:
- Large Language Model Cognitive Being demonstrating cognitive linguistic processing and cognitive pattern recognition.
- Reinforcement Learning Cognitive Being demonstrating cognitive reward-based learning and cognitive policy optimization.
- Neural Network Cognitive Being demonstrating cognitive pattern recognition and cognitive feature extraction.
- Expert System Cognitive Being demonstrating cognitive rule-based reasoning and cognitive domain expertise.
- Robotic Cognitive Beings, such as:
- Hybrid AI Cognitive Beings, such as:
- AI Cognitive Beings, such as:
- Augmented Cognitive Beings, such as:
- Collective Cognitive Beings, such as:
- Swarm Intelligence Cognitive Being demonstrating cognitive emergent behavior from cognitive simple agent interactions.
- Social Network Cognitive Being demonstrating cognitive distributed processing across cognitive human networks.
- Organizational Cognitive Being demonstrating cognitive institutional intelligence through cognitive structured processes.
- Functional Cognitive Beings, such as:
- Memory-Focused Cognitive Beings, such as:
- Reasoning-Focused Cognitive Beings, such as:
- Perception-Focused Cognitive Beings, such as:
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- Biological Cognitive Beings, such as:
- Counter-Examples:
- Non-Cognitive Intelligent Entity, which demonstrates intelligent behavior without cognitive processing mechanisms.
- Reactive System, which responds to stimulus without cognitive internal representations or cognitive mental states.
- Simple Reflex Agent, which has fixed response patterns without cognitive learning capability or cognitive adaptation.
- Physical Neural Structure, which provides physical substrate but lacks cognitive integrated processing.
- Data Structure, which stores information but cannot perform cognitive functions or cognitive operations.
- Information Processing System, which executes algorithmic operations without cognitive characteristics or cognitive awareness.
- Passive Knowledge Repository, which contains knowledge content but cannot engage in cognitive processes or cognitive reasoning.
- Instinct-Driven Organism, which operates on fixed behavior patterns without cognitive flexibility or cognitive learning.
- Basic Tool, which performs functions without cognitive adaptive behavior or cognitive decision making.
- Static Program, which executes predetermined instructions without cognitive states or cognitive goal formation.
- See: Intelligent Entity, Cognition, Cognitive System, Cognitive Process, Mental State, Cognitive Action, Conscious Mental State, Abstract Entity, Intelligent Agent, Cognitive Architecture, Mind, Intelligence Type, Learning System, Decision Making Process, Knowledge Representation, Adaptive Behavior, Embodied Cognition, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Module, Distributed Cognition, Cognitive Restructuring, Cognitive Complexity, Cognitive Abstraction, Cognitive Unit, Cognitive Chunking, Metacognition, Predictive Processing, Neural Network, Theory of Mind, Extended Mind, Reasoning Entity, Sentient Being.
References
2009
- (Berg-Cross, 2009) ⇒ Gary Berg-Cross. (2009). “Is An Agent Theory of Mind (ToM) Valuable for Adaptive, Intelligent Systems?.” In: Proceedings of the 9th Workshop on Performance Metrics for Intelligent Systems. doi:10.1145/1865909.1865936
- QUOTE: Formalized as a ToM theory these propose alternative inherited or acquired paths by which a particular cognitive capacity may arise in a cognitive agent (children) so they understand and predict external behavior of others by attributing unobservable mental states, such as beliefs, desires and intentions.
2002
- (Riegler, 2002) ⇒ Alexander Riegler. (2002). “When is a Cognitive System Embodied?.” In: Cognitive Systems Research Journal, 3(3). doi:10.1016/S1389-0417(02)00046-3
- QUOTE: For cognitive systems, embodiment appears to be of crucial importance.