Antonio Lieto
Antonio Lieto is a researcher in Artificial Intelligence and Computational Cognitive Science at the Department of Computer Science of the University of Turin, Italy, and a research associate at the ICAR-CNR in Palermo, Italy. He is Vice-President of the Italian Association of Cognitive Science (2017–2022), the recipient of the “Outstanding Research Award” from the BICA Society (USA), and ACM Distinguished Speaker on the topics of cognitively inspired AI and artificial models of cognition.
Biography
Antonio Lieto is a researcher in Artificial Intelligence and Computational Cognitive Science at the Department of Computer Science of the University of Turin, Italy, and a research associate at the ICAR-CNR in Palermo, Italy. He is the current Vice-President of the Italian Association of Cognitive Science (2017–2022) and an ACM Distinguished Speaker on the topics of cognitively inspired AI and artificial models of cognition.He has been a Visiting Researcher at the University of Haifa (Israel, Dept. of Information Systems), Carnegie Mellon University (USA, Dept. of Psychology & School of Computer Science), and Lund University (Sweden, Dept. of Cognitive Science).
His research revolves around the following areas: Artificial Intelligence, Computational Cognitive Science, and Human-Machine Interaction (with a focus on Knowledge Representation and Automated Reasoning, Semantic/Language Technologies, Cognitive Architectures and Computational Models of Cognition, Persuasive Technologies). On these topics, he has published more than 80 scientific papers in international conferences, journals, and books.
In the book "Cognitive Design for Artificial Minds" (2021, Taylor & Francis), Lieto explains the crucial role that the research on natural cognition (and on human cognition in particular) can still play in the design and realization of intelligent artificial systems (embodied and not). By drawing upon Cybernetics and early AI principles coming from the cognitivist tradition, the book illustrates the theoretical, experimental and technological issues addressed in the context of AI of cognitive inspiration and computational cognitive science.The book also introduces the Minimal Cognitive Grid (MCG), a pragmatic method to rank the different degrees of biologically and cognitive accuracy of artificial systems in order to project their explanatory power with respect to the natural systems taken as inspiration.
Providing a comprehensive overview of cognitive design principles in constructing artificial minds, this text will be essential reading for students and researchers of artificial intelligence and cognitive science.
Author Home Page: https://www.antoniolieto.net/
Wikipedia Article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Lieto
Education
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Ph.d, University of Salerno, 2012
Areas of Research / Professional Expertise
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Research areas: Artificial Intelligence, Computational Cognitive Science and Human-Machine Interaction (with a focus on the following areas: Knowledge Representation and Reasoning, Semantic/Language Technologies, Cognitive Systems and Architectures, Persuasive Technologies)
Websites
ACM Distinguished Speaker Profile from the Association for Computing Machinery
Amazon Author Profile
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Cognitive Design for Artificial Minds nominated in the Top 3 "Best Artificial Intelligence Design Books of All Time" acc
By: Antonio Lieto
Subjects: Information Science, Other
Book discussion on Cognitive Design for Artificial Minds. When: JUNE 30th 2021 on Gather (6-7 p.m. CET).
By: Antonio Lieto
Subjects: Cognitive Psychology, Information Science, Other
Author Presentation of "Cognitive Design for Artificial Minds" by Antonio Lieto PhD
By: Antonio Lieto
Subjects: Information Science, Other
The Northwest AGI Forum is pleased and
honored to welcome ACM Distinguished Speaker Dr. Antonio
Lieto. There has long been a tension in AI between:
1) The perceived need to use the human mind as the primary source
of an AI's design on the strong argument that the mind is best
model of intelligence and is therefore likely to produce the best
AI and,
2) The practical need to produce and sell AI applications using
whatever means are available that do the trick. Whether the AI's
design is inspired by the mind or not is secondary to the practical
needs of the users who might not care what happens behind the
scenes.
In "Cognitive Design for Artificial Minds" (scheduled to be
published April 2021 by Routledge) Lieto argues in favor of the
first strategy.
As stated in Routledge's book description:
"Introducing a unique perspective that draws upon Cybernetics and
early AI principles, Lieto emphasizes the need for an equivalence
between cognitive processes and implemented AI procedures, in order
to realize biologically and cognitively inspired artificial
minds."
Lieto introduces a means of quantifying the degree to which an AI
conforms to the structural principles of the mind (again from the
book description):
"He also introduces the Minimal Cognitive Grid, a pragmatic method
to rank the different degrees of biological and cognitive accuracy
of artificial systems in order to project and predict their
explanatory power with respect to the natural systems taken as a
source of inspiration."
Click here for a full description of the book including
reviews:
https://www.routledge.com/Cognitive-Design-for-Artificial-Minds/Lieto/p/book/9781138207950
Regulars of this meetup will recall that one of Lieto's papers
formed the centerpiece of our meetup "Concepts"
(see: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/15My62ITD_VlmdKFcMDmgtXXKo71ZUj2k?usp=sharing).
We anticipate an introduction to the book by Dr. Lieto of about 20
minutes and then we will have Q&A for the remainder of the
hour.
Where: Seattle, USA (online event)
When: Apr 28, 2021
See more: https://www.meetup.com/Northwest-Artificial-General-Intelligence-Meetup-Group/events/277014146/
Cognitive Design for Artificial Minds on Facebook and Twitter
By: Antonio Lieto
The book Cognitive Design for Artificial Minds (Taylor & Francis, 2021) https://www.routledge.com/Cognitive-Design-for-Artificial-Minds/Lieto/p/book/9781138207950 has now its own Facebook page and Twitter profile where will be shared updates, events, presentations, excerpts etc. regarding the book.
Link to the Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/cognitivedesignforartificialminds/
Link to the Twitter account here: https://twitter.com/CognitiveFor