Under the predictive account of awareness, and based on both neuroscientific and archeological evidence, we will:
- develop a novel computational model of metacognition based on predictive processing (metaprediction) and
- validate its utility in real robots in two use case scenarios: conditional sequential tasks and tool creation.
This project addresses synthetic awareness as a metacognitive process built over the predictive brain hypothesis. The main focus is the development of a computational model that enables an artificial agent to go from tool use to tool invention.
To achieve the general aim of the project, three specific objectives should be accomplished:
- study the consistency of metacognitive capabilities and awareness as a facilitator for the emergence of tool making
- develop a computational model of synthetic awareness based on metacognition and the predictive processing account of perception and action to unlock the mechanisms of tool invention.
- validate our synthetic awareness technology on embodied artificial agents.
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The following project has been funded by the European Innovation Council (EIC).
Grant agreement identifier: 101070940
