The Constructor Metacognitive Architecture

A true human-level learner should be able to deliberately construct its own knowledge, its processes of reasoning resulting in a new knowledge, its system of values and goals, and the scenario of its cognitive growth. These capabilities require a cognitive architecture of a new kind that supports metacognition, self-awareness and self-regulation. An example architecture design called Constructor is described in this work. The main distinguishing feature of this architecture is its virtually unlimited self-regulated cognitive growth ability. Other features include metacognition, self-awareness, and an intrinsic embodiment in virtual reality that is used, e.g., for active construction of cognitive and learning processes.

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