Ben Goertzel (1994) Hierarchical Feature Maps and Beyond
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Psycoloquy 5(56): Hierarchical Feature Maps and Beyond
HIERARCHICAL FEATURE MAPS AND BEYOND
Book review of Miikkulainen on Language-Network
Ben Goertzel
Computer Science Department
Waikato University
Hamilton, New Zealand
goertzel@waikato.ac.nz
Abstract
Hierarchical self-organizing feature maps, as implemented
in the context of DISCERN, represent an important step toward a
computational model of human memory. However, as Miikkulainen
points out, these maps lack the ability to incorporate novel
information on an ongoing basis (1993). It is suggested that in
order to transcend this limitation the distinction between memory
and processing will have to be eliminated in favor of a more
system-theoretic point of view.
Keywords
computational modeling, connectionism, distributed neural
networks, episodic memory, lexicon, natural language processing,
scripts.
References
- Goertzel, Ben (1993) The Evolving Mind. New York: Gordon and Breach.
- Goertzel, Ben (1994) Chaotic Logic: Language, Thought and Reality from the Perspective of Complex Systems Science. New York: Plenum.
- Kampis, George (1991) Self-Modifying Systems in Biology and Cognitive Science. New York: Pergamon.
- Kohonen, Teuvo (1988) Self-Organization and Associative Memory. New York: Springer-Verlag.
- Miikkulainen, Risto (1993) Subsymbolic Natural Language Processing: An Integrated Model of Scripts, Lexicon and Memory. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
- Miikkulainen, Risto (1994) Precis of: Subsymbolic Natural Language Processing: An Integrated Model of Scripts, Lexicon and Memory. PSYCOLOQUY 5(46) language-network.1.miikkulainen.
- Minsky, Marvin (1986) The Society of Mind. New York: Simon and Schuster.