James Doran

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Why do millions of people celebrate NewYear tonight when thousands only celebrate the actual Winter Solstice?

I feel this question goes much deeper into social science than may at first appear. I hope for some thoughtful answers. James

31 December 2023 1,459 4 View

What is the ROOT CAUSE of MG (Myasthenia Gravis)?

Myasthenia Gravis is a potentially fatal auto-immune disease. Its symptoms (progressive and then recovering muscle fatigue) and their cause are well understood. The adaptive immune system goes...

04 March 2021 6,869 9 View

Does human speech urge the mind to aftersight and foresight?

In his important poem “Little Gidding”, T.S.Elliot makes the soul of a dead man say of his and by implication all our lives: Since our concern was speech, and speech impelled us To purify the...

09 March 2020 4,654 3 View

Can anyone suggest a source of guidelines/tips on how to design a closed network of Finite State Automata so that it has particular properties?

NOTE This topic/question is purely mathematical, but potentially with some interesting relevance to multi-agent systems in the AI sense. Suppose, for example, I want a network that once started...

08 March 2019 6,422 5 View

In principle, can there be ideas/concepts that no human being can formulate, but some AI Systems CAN formulate?

Consider, for example, possible deficiencies in the genetic specification of the human brain. Has anyone addressed this or an analogous question mathematically?

29 March 2018 7,024 12 View

Re Project "Qingdao Science Centre" , are "explainers" human or are they AI systems, and if the latter what is their functionality?

My background is in AI (see profile here on RG). I suspect that (weak) AI systems have already been deployed for this type of application. Thank you for your consideration Jim Doran

25 December 2017 2,201 3 View

Will intelligent robots have imagination and if so what kinds of thing will they imagine and why?

The question is, I believe, self-explanatory.

25 October 2017 3,038 31 View

Is there an online multi-player computer game which is based on Homer’s Iliad and which makes significant use of AI based agent architectures?

In Homer’s Iliad there are two groups of characters – Gods and Humans. Each of these groups is sub-divided into competing factions. The Gods observe, manipulate and sometimes respond to Humans,...

23 September 2017 3,924 4 View

Has anyone studied the properties of a precisely defined, infinite hierarchy of cognitive agents each itself a multi-agent system?

#### I am looking for mathematical and/or computational studies of the properties of an infinite hierarchy of cognitive agents, each agent a multi-agent system in itself, including any emergent...

04 June 2015 510 12 View

Can anyone suggest an operational definition of the power of an individual (e.g. person or computational agent) in a social network?

I am writing a computer program that implements an abstract social network of inter-communicating individuals (so a multiple agent system) and I want to be able to compute for each agent in the...

12 March 2015 1,142 34 View

What is the relationship between Plato's Cave and Gilbert's Barrier?

Plato’s Cave: see Plato’s “The Republic” (514a to 520a) or just the Wikipedia entry Gilbert’s Barrier: “The human soul uses reason, sees many things, investigates many more; but, however well...

23 January 2015 8,783 20 View

Can anyone refer me to, or suggest, an algorithm that simplifies a multi-agent system without changing its large-scale behaviour?

For example, consider a multi-agent system M that, when run, displays a recurring pattern: an exponentially increasing number of inter-agent messages abruptly followed by an almost total...

18 January 2015 9,853 10 View

What algorithms have been suggested for searching through a set or hierarchy of agent-based models to find the most appropriate?

When modelling a particular (real-world) target system many agent-based models are potentially relevant. These can vary is many different ways. Rather than merely trying out a few of the more...

14 October 2014 2,309 7 View

Is it correct to say that Agent-Based Modelling is inherently reductionist? If it is, does this not conflict with much social theory?

Put differently, how does the reductionism explicit in agent-based modelling (noting that ABM is gaining popularity with social scientists) square with the seeming inclination of social...

10 October 2014 5,682 18 View

Would it be possible to build an agent-based computer model of Great Power rivalry and relationships useful for promoting world peace?

For example, I am particularly interested in the consequences of the UK's new global policy for India, China, and Australia. Could a well-designed agent-based computer model, using appropriate...

01 January 1970 2,394 5 View

What is your opinion of the following AI and Agent Based Modelling inspired approach to helping prevent future nuclear weapon use?

On the recent 73rd anniversary of the Hiroshima nuclear attack I took part in a informal discussion targeted at exploring possible ways of preventing such terrible catastrophes in the future. I...

01 January 1970 4,419 4 View

When building an empire, for example a research or business empire, is EMPATHY only for losers?

Context ..... think computer models of empire building ......

01 January 1970 6,372 30 View

Are AI based "Artificial Friends" feasible?

Are the intelligent and learning humanoid robot "Artificial Friends" , AFs, envisaged by Kazuo Ishiguro in his recent novel "Klara and the Sun" feasible and likely to be mass produced in reality?...

01 January 1970 8,776 4 View

Will intelligent robots deployed in an elderly person care context (much ongoing work in China, Japan) sometimes develop their own society/culture?

The robots will clearly need to communicate and cooperate not necessarily under human direction. This suggests a move towards their developing shared beliefs possibly faulty or imperfect....

01 January 1970 9,781 1 View

Is Noam Chomsky right to dismiss current "AI" ?

Chomsky dismisses current "AI" as merely industrial scale plagiarism (or equivalent words). Is he right to be so dismissive? If he IS right a great deal of time and effort is being wasted!...

01 January 1970 3,770 6 View