The Boundary Between Future Society and 'Meaning'

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• Let’s read~ (blu3mo)

• For the study of asym-chat

• Genealogically, it seems to be in the lineage of Basic Information Science and Neocybernetics?

  • People discussing symbol emergence systems, etc.

  • This book explores the meaning of AI and robot society from various perspectives such as Symbol Emergence System Theory, Neo-Cybernetics (Second-Order Cybernetics), and Pragmatism. One of the editors, Tadahiro Taniguchi tanichu, and one of the authors, Takayuki Nagai, have been developing AI with a physical “body” (sensors, actuators, etc.) and a “brain” in the form of robots, exploring the meaning through interactions with the environment and others. On the other hand, the other editor and authors like Yohei Nishida, Daisuke Harashima, and Suke Mukamoto have been advancing the systemic understanding of “meaning” in Neocybernetics. The planning of this book is based on the fundamental commonality and substantial similarity of contemporary systemic theories dealing with “meaning”. All of them are rooted in the constructivism of developmental psychologist Jean Piaget and the theory of Jakob von Uexküll’s Umvelt, and also influenced by Pragmatism, from which Symbol Emergence System Theory has drawn inspiration (Nishigaki, 2010). As mentioned in Chapter 11, “Coexistence of Robots and Humans,” Symbol Emergence System Theory itself has been theoretically constructed with reference to Neocybernetics.

Part 1: “Meaning” for AI, Robots, and Humans

• Semantics

  • The lineage of Semiology by Saussure and Semiotics by Peirce seems to be different.

• Difference between Neocybernetics and Semiotics of Emergence Systems

• Part 1

  • Explaining various theoretical frameworks

• Parts 2 and 3 deal with different layers

• Part 2

  • Deals with the construction of internal and Umwelt worlds and the understanding of internal meanings

• Part 3

  • Focuses on viewing the overall system assuming the presence of “Believability,” disregarding whether the internal meanings are understood or not
  • (Not ignoring but building on the discussions in Part 2)

• How do we manage to coordinate our daily actions with others without peeking into their minds, accepting the premise that “we cannot peek into others’ minds,” and explaining how words (symbols) emerge, are shared, and enable communication?

  • How does this text fit into the context of asym-chat? (blu3mo)

• Umwelt shares the same worldview

• This perspective connects to Piaget’s Emergent Epistemology, Maturana and Varela’s Autopoiesis theory

  • This seems to be rooted in a social constructivist view of cognitive systems
  • The process of growth leads to the construction of Umwelt/cognitive mechanisms

Feeling unwell, so reading vaguely

There is a qualitative difference between internal representations and symbols used in communication.

recognize = Re-cognition> For example, after seeing a certain fruit that we don’t know the name of, when shown the same type of fruit later, we are able to recognize that they are the same. Indeed, when it comes to recognition, the “re” part of it becomes ambiguous.

In this way, within society, we create systems of symbols that we commonly use. We will refer to the system of symbols organized from the bottom up as an emergent symbol system. Here, the emergent symbol system represents the entire autonomous distributed system that generates symbolic interactions, and within it, the system of symbols that emerged from the micro-level where a group of agents exists to the macro-level is called an emergent symbol system.

• Symbol Placement Problem
  • Oh, this was related to something like informatics, right?
  • In deep learning, a large amount of continuous values is not considered as “symbols” but as “internal representations.”

• If we try to understand the meaning in our communication, instead of starting from the top-down “symbol” system and grounding it, it is necessary to understand the dynamics of the symbol system that emerges from the bottom-up.

  • I see, that makes sense.

The emergence of a symbol system spanning multiple agents serves the function of connecting the “closed cognitions” of each agent through the emergence of symbols. In other words, it can be said that symbol emergence performs the minimization of free energy as a collective.

• It’s like the principle of free energy maybe? (blu3mo)

Chapter 1: Towards the Next Coexistence with AI and Robots: Discussing the Meaning of “Meaning” [Shigeo Kawashima] (Media Studies, Information Ethics)

• 1-1 Social Background
• 1-2 “Meaning”, Living Beings, Human Society, AI, and Robots
• 1-3 Diversity and Importance of Meaning
• 1-4 Approach of this Book
• 1-5 Framework of this Book and Position of Observation

Chapter 2: Emergent Symbol System: Emergence of Meaning based on the Body and Society [Tadahiro Taniguchi] (Emergent Systems, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics)

• 2-1 Meaning of Words and the Environment
• 2-2 Symbol Processes that Occur in “Closed Cognition”
• 2-3 Emergent Symbol System
• 2-4 From Symbol Grounding Problem to Symbol Emergence Problem
• 2-5 Symbol Emergence Robotics
• 2-6 Neo-Cybernetics and Emergent Symbol System

Chapter 3: Approach from Neo-Cybernetics: Fiction of Meaning Creation and Information Transmission by Life Systems [Yohei Nishida] (Neo-Cybernetics, Information Studies, Library Information Science)

• 3-1 Complementarity of Life and Cognition
• 3-2 Meaning Creation by Life Systems
• 3-3 Fundamentals of Informatics and HACS Model
• 3-4 Differences and Similarities between HACS and Emergent Symbol System
• 3-5 Potential of Symbol Emergence Robotics

Chapter 4: Approach from Pragmatism: What is the Meaning of Symbols [Takafumi Kato] (Philosophy of Pragmatism, Aesthetics, Art Studies, Semiotics)

• 4-1 About Meaning
• 4-2 About Symbols: Peirce’s Semiotics
• 4-3 Human Self-Image in Emergent Symbol System
• 4-4 Pragmatism, Community of Inquiry, and Emergent Symbol System

Part 2: Where Does Meaning Emerge From?

Chapter 5: Symbol Emergence Robotics: Engineering Exploration of Meaning [Takayuki Nagai] (Intelligent Robotics)

• 5-1 What is Meaning
• 5-2 Constructing the Triangle of Meaning
• 5-3 Robots as Tools (Meaning and Body)

Chapter 6: Embodiment of Meaning: Intersection of Symbol Emergence Robotics and Neo-Cybernetics [Daisuke Harashima] (Informatics, Representation Cultural Theory)

• 6-1 Embodiment of Meaning
• 6-2 Computing Paradigm and Cybernetic Paradigm
• 6-3 Informational Turn- 6-4 Transcendental Phenomenology
• 6-5 Media
• 6-6 Meaning of Life

Chapter 7: Development of Children and Robots: From Biological Information to Social Information [Shinro Saji] (Language Psychology, Language Acquisition)

• 7-1 Introduction
• 7-2 Patterns of the Mind: Biological Information for Humans
• 7-3 Future of Developmental and Robotics Studies

Part 3: How Does Meaning Operate

Chapter 8: Artificial Intelligence of Game Characters: Symbols and Philosophy [Yoichiro Miyake] (Digital Game AI)

• 8-1 Introduction
• 8-2 Exploring the “Symbols” in the Game World
• 8-3 Behavior and Information Flow
• 8-4 Ambient Worlds
• 8-5 Emergence of “Symbols” with Others
• 8-6 Enhancement from the World
• 8-7 Hierarchies of Character AI
• 8-8 Generation of “Symbols” through Simulation
• 8-9 Dynamics of Recognition
• 8-10 Aspects of Decision Making
• 8-11 Aspects of Physical Movement
• 8-12 Conclusion

Chapter 9: English Education, Symbol Emergence Robotics, Neo-Cybernetics [Tsukasa Yamanaka] (Applied Linguistics, Language Philosophy, Language Communication)

• 9-1 Introduction
• 9-2 AI and Language Learners
• 9-3 Davidson’s Problem Awareness and Pragmatism
• 9-4 Symbol Emergence System Theory and English Education
• 9-5 Neo-Cybernetics and English Education
• 9-6 Conclusion

Chapter 10: Design of Communication: Observers Finding Meaning in Digital Information [Suke Mukamoto] (Neo-Cybernetics, Semiotics, Information Design)

• 10-1 “Communication” as an Exchange of “Meaning”
• 10-2 Design as “De-semiotization”
• 10-3 Perspectives for Thinking about Communication Design
• 10-4 Considering “Signs”: Various Aspects of Discussions on Symbols
• 10-5 Neo-Cybernetics for Human-Centric Design
• 10-6 Purely Artificial “Non-Things”: Digital Information and the “Observer”
• 10-7 Conclusion: For a Better Relationship between Ourselves and Digital Information Technology

Chapter 11: Coexistence of Robots and Humans: In Place of an Afterword [Tadahiro Taniguchi] (Emergent Systems, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics) [Akihito Inoue] (Game Studies)

• 11-1 Mutual Permeation of “Foundational Informatics” and “Symbol Emergence Systems”
• 11-2 Concepts Surrounding “Meaning”