Artificial intelligence in perspective
Computer science as empirical inquiry: symbols and search
Communications of the ACM
Behind Deep Blue: Building the Computer that Defeated the World Chess Champion
Behind Deep Blue: Building the Computer that Defeated the World Chess Champion
Extending the Soar Cognitive Architecture
Proceedings of the 2008 conference on Artificial General Intelligence 2008: Proceedings of the First AGI Conference
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In this conceptual paper we propose a shift of perspective for parts of AI --- from search to model construction. We claim that humans construct a model of a problem situation consisting of only a few, hierarchically structured elements. A model allows to selectively explore possible continuations and solutions, and for the flexible instantiation and adaptation of concepts. We underpin our claims by results from two protocol studies on problem-solving imagery and on the inductive learning of an algorithmic structure. We suggest that a fresh look into the small-scale construction processes humans execute would further ideas in categorization, analogy, concept formation, conceptual blending, and related fields of AI.