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McClelland, Tom (2017) AI and affordances for mental action. In: AISB Computing and Philosophy Symposium, Bath, 19-21 April 2017. Published in: Proceedings of the AISB Annual Convention 2017 pp. 372-379.
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Abstract
To perceive an affordance is to perceive an object or situation as presenting an opportunity for action. The concept of affordances has been taken up across wide range of disciplines, including AI. I explore an interesting extension of the concept of affordances in robotics. Among the affordances that artificial systems have been engineered to detect are affordances to deliberate. In psychology, affordances are typically limited to bodily action, so the it is noteworthy that AI researchers have found it helpful to extend the concept to encompass mental actions. I propose that psychologists can learn from this extension, and argue that human subjects can perceive mental affordances, such as affordances to attend, affordances to imagine and affordances to count.
| Item Type: | Conference Item (Paper) | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Philosophy | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Artificial intelligence, Psychology | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Proceedings of the AISB Annual Convention 2017 | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour | ||||||||
| Official Date: | 2017 | ||||||||
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| Date of first compliant deposit: | 27 March 2017 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 372-379 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Funder: | Leverhulme Trust (LT). Research Fellowship | ||||||||
| Conference Paper Type: | Paper | ||||||||
| Title of Event: | AISB Computing and Philosophy Symposium | ||||||||
| Type of Event: | Conference | ||||||||
| Location of Event: | Bath | ||||||||
| Date(s) of Event: | 19-21 April 2017 | ||||||||
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