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- OFAI-TR-97-14 (
52kB g-zipped PostScript file)Epistemic Autonomy in Models of Living Systems
- Erich Prem
- This paper discusses epistemological consequences of embodied AI for
Artificial Life models. The importance of robotic systems for ALife
lies in the fact that they are not purely formal models and thus
have to address issues of semantic adaptation and epistemic
autonomy, which means the system's own ability to decide upon the
validity of measurements. Epistemic autonomy in artificial systems
is a difficult problem that poses foundational questions. The
proposal is to concentrate on biological transformations of
epistemological questions that have lead to the development of
modern ethology. Such an approach has proven to be useful in the
design of control systems for behavior-based robots. It leads to a
better understanding of modern ontological conceptions as well as a
reacknowledgement of finality in the description and design
of autonomous systems.
Keywords: Epistemic Autonomy, Embodied AI, Epistemology, Robotics, Theoretical Biology, Finality, Teleology, Ontology
- This paper discusses epistemological consequences of embodied AI for
Artificial Life models. The importance of robotic systems for ALife
lies in the fact that they are not purely formal models and thus
have to address issues of semantic adaptation and epistemic
autonomy, which means the system's own ability to decide upon the
validity of measurements. Epistemic autonomy in artificial systems
is a difficult problem that poses foundational questions. The
proposal is to concentrate on biological transformations of
epistemological questions that have lead to the development of
modern ethology. Such an approach has proven to be useful in the
design of control systems for behavior-based robots. It leads to a
better understanding of modern ontological conceptions as well as a
reacknowledgement of finality in the description and design
of autonomous systems.