Re: KR for Cogai/gentle reminder

as i have just noted - i am confused as to the intended - inferences -
suggested by the original post, that i responded to...

Perhaps, clarification is deserved.

On Sat, 29 Oct 2022 at 13:04, Paola Di Maio <paola.dimaio@gmail.com> wrote:

> David and all
> I am aware the image was small, and hoped (assumed?)
> that you were able to locate the source, pasted below
> The image should be read in the context of the text in the PDF
> I always use it in all of my talks on kr
>
> (Adeel and Tim - we may also need a  FAQ  if you are up for maintaining one
> Just to say, that I started studying and researching the AIKR  precisely
> to
> find answers - most often I had to dig into library resources and read
> hundreds of papers and eventually became a  scholar!)
>
> A General Knowledge Representation Model of Concepts
> https://cdn.intechopen.com › pdfs › InTech-A_ge...
>
> <https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjxtI7yt4T7AhVKBN4KHVciAz8QFnoECA4QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.intechopen.com%2Fpdfs%2F36656%2FInTech-A_general_knowledge_representation_model_of_concepts.pdf&usg=AOvVaw2AShfWOgQz8d2Z24l7Myss>
> PDF
> by C Ramirez · 2012 · Cited by 34 — *Model* of *Concepts*. *Carlos
> Ramirez* and *Benjamin Valdes*. *Tec* of *Monterrey Campus Queretaro*, *DASL4LTD
> Research Group*. *Mexico*. 1. Introduction.
> 36 pages
>
> On Sat, Oct 29, 2022 at 10:50 AM David Booth <david@dbooth.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi Paula,
>>
>> That embedded image made me curious, but it came through so small that
>> the annotations are completely illegible.  Can you please re-send it as
>> an attachment, and larger?
>>
>> Thanks!
>> David
>>
>> On 10/28/22 22:40, Paola Di Maio wrote:
>> > Hay Timothy and all
>> >
>> > This list is about KR in AI
>> >
>> > Your question is pertinent, but it has been answered in literature many
>> > many years ago
>> > image.png
>> >  From A General Knowledge Representation
>> > Model of ConceptsCarlos Ramirez and Benjamin Valdes
>> > Tec of Monterrey Campus Queretaro, DASL4LTD Research Group
>> > Mexico
>> >
>> > I personally start every talk and paper on AI KR precisely with this
>> > diagram, which serves to provide context (from Ramirez Valdez)
>> >
>> file:///C:/Users/paola/Downloads/InTech-A_general_knowledge_representation_model_of_concepts.pdf
>> >
>> >
>> > KR is a big topic and it applies to many disciplines
>> > In AI, KR has a specific function /roles (as discussed in many books
>> > that it would be advisable to take sight of, since they answer many
>> > questions being raised here)
>> > KR has limitations, so does ML
>> > In my research, I identify novel roles for KR, that is, for example to
>> > expose deepfakes,
>> > and other things I cannot explain in a post (but that I can try to
>> > summarise in a webinar)
>> >
>> > What may be useful is to provide an reading list for people to
>> > familiarise themselves with the notions being discussed and problems
>> > being tackled
>> > I started one on the AI KR CG home page somewhere, needs updating
>> >
>> > I do teach a course that I may be able to offer as a MOOC in the future
>> > :-)
>> >
>> > Adeel, YES Brachman and Levesque, but so many others
>> >
>> > Adeel and Timothy, if you are interested, please contribute to the list
>> > of resources
>> > already started on the CG pages somewhere, you can also add references
>> > and your own annotations
>> >
>> > On Sat, Oct 29, 2022 at 10:06 AM Timothy Holborn
>> > <timothy.holborn@gmail.com <mailto:timothy.holborn@gmail.com>> wrote:
>> >
>> >     Noted.
>> >
>> >
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowledge_representation_and_reasoning
>> >     <
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowledge_representation_and_reasoning>
>> >
>> >     In terms of knowledge representation, for humanity, my thoughts have
>> >     been that it's about the ability for people to represent the
>> >     evidence of a circumstance in a court of law.  If solutions fail to
>> >     support the ability to be used in these circumstances, to
>> >     successfully represent knowledge - which can be relied upon in a
>> >     court of law; a circumstance that should never be wanted, but
>> >     desirable to support peace.
>> >
>> >     Then, I guess, I'd be confused about the purposeful definion; or the
>> >     useful purpose of any such tools being produced & it's relationship,
>> >     by design, to concepts like natural justice.
>> >
>> >     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_justice
>> >     <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_justice>
>> >
>> >     Let me know if I am actually "off topic" per the intended design
>> >     outcomes.
>> >
>> >     Regards,
>> >
>> >     Timothy Holborn.
>> >
>> >     On Sat, 29 Oct 2022, 11:55 am Paola Di Maio,
>> >     <paoladimaio10@gmail.com <mailto:paoladimaio10@gmail.com>> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >         Just as a reminder, this list is about sharing knowledge,
>> >         research and practice in AI KR, The intersection with KR and
>> >         CogAI may also be relevant here (and of interest to me)
>> >
>> >         If people want to discuss CogAI not in relation to KR, please
>> >         use the CogAI CG list?
>> >         What I mean is that: if KR is not of interest/relevance to a
>> >         post, then why post here?
>> >
>> >         What is KR, its relevance and limitations is a vast topic,
>> >         written about in many scholarly books, but also these books are
>> >         not adequately covering the topic, In that sense, the topic of
>> >         KR itself, without further qualification, is too vast to be
>> >         discussed without narrowing it down to a specific
>> problem/question
>> >         KR in relation to CogAI has been the subject of study for many
>> >         of us for many years, and it is difficult to
>> >         discuss/comprehend/relate to for those who do not share the
>> >         background. I do not think this list can fill the huge gap left
>> >         by academia, however there are great books freely available
>> >         online that give some introduction .
>> >         When it comes to the application of KR to new prototypes, we
>> >         need to understand what these prototypes are doing, why and how.
>> >         Unfortunately NN fall short of general intelligence and
>> >         intellegibility for humans.
>> >
>> >         Adeel, thank you for sharing the paper 40 years of Cognitive
>> >         Architectures
>> >         I am not sure you were on the list back then, but I distributed
>> >         the resource as a working reference for this list and anyone
>> >         interested in February 2021, and have used the resource as the
>> >         basis for my research on the intersection AI KR/CogAI since
>> >
>> https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-aikr/2021Feb/0017.html <
>> https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-aikr/2021Feb/0017.html>
>> >
>> >         Dave: the topics KR, AI, CogAI and consciousness, replicability,
>> >         reliability, and all the issues brought up in the many posts in
>> >         this thread and other thread are too vast
>> >         to be discussed meaningfully in a single thread
>> >
>> >         May I encourage the breaking down of topics/issues making sure
>> the
>> >         perspective and focus of KR (including its limitations) are not
>> >         lost in the long threads
>> >
>> >         Thank you
>> >         (Chair hat on)
>> >
>> >         On Fri, Oct 28, 2022 at 6:23 PM Adeel <aahmad1811@gmail.com
>> >         <mailto:aahmad1811@gmail.com>> wrote:
>> >
>> >             Hello,
>> >
>> >             To start with might be useful to explore 'society of mind
>> >             <http://aurellem.org/society-of-mind/index.html>' and
>> 'soar'
>> >             as point of extension.
>> >
>> >             40 years of cognitive architecture
>> >             <
>> https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10462-018-9646-y.pdf>
>> >
>> >             Recently, Project Debater
>> >             <https://research.ibm.com/interactive/project-debater/
>> > also
>> >             came into the scene. Although, not quite as rigorous in Cog
>> >             or KR.
>> >
>> >             Thanks,
>> >
>> >             Adeel
>> >
>> >             On Fri, 28 Oct 2022 at 02:05, Paola Di Maio
>> >             <paoladimaio10@gmail.com <mailto:paoladimaio10@gmail.com>>
>> >             wrote:
>> >
>> >                 Thank you all for contributing to the discussion
>> >
>> >                 the topic is too vast - Dave I am not worried if we aree
>> >                 or not agree, the universe is big enough
>> >
>> >                 To start with I am concerned whether we are talking
>> >                 about the same thing altogether. The expression human
>> >                 level intelligence is often used to describe tneural
>> >                 networks, but that is quite ridiculous comparison. If
>> >                 the neural network is supposed to mimic human level
>> >                 intelligence, then we should be able to ask; how many
>> >                 fingers do humans have?
>> >                 But this machine is not designed to answer questions,
>> >                 nor to have this level of knowledge about the human
>> >                 anatomy. A neural network is not AI in that sense
>> >                 it fetches some images and mixes them without any
>> >                 understanding of what they are
>> >                 and the process of what images it has used, why and what
>> >                 rationale was followed for the mixing is not even
>> >                 described, its probabilistic. go figure.
>> >
>> >                 Hay, I am not trying to diminish the greatness of the
>> >                 creative neural network, it is great work and it is
>> >                 great fun. But a) it si not an artist. it does not
>> >                 create something from scratch b) it is not intelligent
>> >                 really, honestly,. try to have a conversation with a nn
>> >
>> >                 This is what KR does: it helps us to understand what
>> >                 things are and how they work
>> >                 It also helps us to understand if something is passed
>> >                 for what it is not *(evaluation)
>> >                 This is is why even neural network require KR, because
>> >                 without it, we don know what it is supposed
>> >                 to do, why and how and whether it does what it is
>> >                 supposed to do
>> >
>> >                 they still have a role to play in some computation
>> >
>> >>                     /DR Knowledge representation in neural networks is
>> >>                     not transparent, /
>> >>                     /PDM I d say that either is lacking or is
>> >>                     completely random/
>> >
>> >                     DR Neural networks definitely capture knowledge as
>> >                     is evidenced by their capabilities, so I would
>> >                     disagree with you there.
>> >
>> >
>> >                 PDM  capturing knowledge is not knowledge
>> >                 representation, in AI,
>> >                 capturing knowledge is only one step, the categorization
>> >                 of knowledge is necessary to the reasoning
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >>                     /We are used to assessing human knowledge via
>> >>                     examinations, and I don’t see why we can’t adapt
>> >>                     this to assessing artificial minds /
>> >>                     because assessments is very expensive, with
>> >>                     varying degrees of effectiveness, require skills
>> >>                     and a process -  may not be feasible when AI is
>> >>                     embedded to test it/evaluate it
>> >
>> >                     We will develop the assessment framework as we
>> >                     evolve and depend upon AI systems. For instance, we
>> >                     would want to test a vision system to see if it can
>> >                     robustly perceive its target environment in a wide
>> >                     variety of conditions. We aren’t there yet for the
>> >                     vision systems in self-driving cars!
>> >
>> >                     Where I think we agree is that a level of
>> >                     transparency of reasoning is needed for systems that
>> >                     make decisions that we want to rely on.  Cognitive
>> >                     agents should be able to explain themselves in ways
>> >                     that make sense to their users, for instance, a
>> >                     self-driving car braked suddenly when it perceived a
>> >                     child to run out from behind a parked car.  We are
>> >                     less interested in the pixel processing involved,
>> >                     and more interested in whether the perception is
>> >                     robust, i.e. the car can reliably distinguish a real
>> >                     child from a piece of newspaper blowing across the
>> >                     road where the newspaper is showing a picture of a
>> >                     child.
>> >
>> >                     It would be a huge mistake to deploy AI when the
>> >                     assessment framework isn’t sufficiently mature.
>> >
>> >                     Best regards,
>> >
>> >                     Dave Raggett <dsr@w3.org <mailto:dsr@w3.org>>
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>

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