Intelligent Biosystems and the Idea of the Joint Synthesis of Goals and Means

Immediately after the appearance of first computers more than sixty years ago, the idea of the creation of artificial intelligence similar to that of humans has inspired activity of thousands of outstanding individuals. Interesting results have been achieved in this endeavor but the situation still seems unsatisfactory. With exception of very narrow domains such as chess playing, intelligent systems cannot compete with humans or even animals. Several factors may be the reason of this situation. In this chapter, I consider one of the most important reasons: there are serious problems in the theory of intelligent systems and, accordingly, in theoretical approaches to the building of artificial intelligence. Therefore, the consideration of fundamental principles of intelligence may be an appropriate method for constructing effective systems of AI.

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