Psychomatics -- A Multidisciplinary Framework for Understanding Artificial Minds

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2407.16444v1
• Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2024 12:53:41 GMT
• Title: Psychomatics -- A Multidisciplinary Framework for Understanding Artificial Minds
• Authors: Giuseppe Riva, Fabrizia Mantovani, Brenda K. Wiederhold, Antonella Marchetti, Andrea Gaggioli,
• Abstract summary: This paper introduces Psychomatics, a framework bridging cognitive science, linguistics, and computer science. It aims to better understand the high-level functioning of LLMs. Psychomatics holds the potential to yield transformative insights into the nature of language, cognition, and intelligence.
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• Abstract: Although LLMs and other artificial intelligence systems demonstrate cognitive skills similar to humans, like concept learning and language acquisition, the way they process information fundamentally differs from biological cognition. To better understand these differences this paper introduces Psychomatics, a multidisciplinary framework bridging cognitive science, linguistics, and computer science. It aims to better understand the high-level functioning of LLMs, focusing specifically on how LLMs acquire, learn, remember, and use information to produce their outputs. To achieve this goal, Psychomatics will rely on a comparative methodology, starting from a theory-driven research question - is the process of language development and use different in humans and LLMs? - drawing parallels between LLMs and biological systems. Our analysis shows how LLMs can map and manipulate complex linguistic patterns in their training data. Moreover, LLMs can follow Grice's Cooperative Principle to provide relevant and informative responses. However, human cognition draws from multiple sources of meaning, including experiential, emotional, and imaginative facets, which transcend mere language processing and are rooted in our social and developmental trajectories. Moreover, current LLMs lack physical embodiment, reducing their ability to make sense of the intricate interplay between perception, action, and cognition that shapes human understanding and expression. Ultimately, Psychomatics holds the potential to yield transformative insights into the nature of language, cognition, and intelligence, both artificial and biological. Moreover, by drawing parallels between LLMs and human cognitive processes, Psychomatics can inform the development of more robust and human-like AI systems.

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