LIDA is an extension of previous conscious software named IDA (Intelligent Distribution Agent). IDA is an autonomous software agent that was developed for the US Navy to automate tasks performed by human resource personnel called detailers [1] [2]. IDA was entirely handcrafted with no learning capability. LIDA (Learning IDA) is its learning extension, capable of several forms of learning.
The LIDA model is a comprehensive, conceptual and computational model covering a large portion of human cognition. Based primarily on global workspace theory [3], the LIDA model implements and fleshes out a number of psychological and neuropsychological theories including situated cognition [4], perceptual symbol systems [5], working memory [6], memory by affordances [7], long-term working memory [8]. Sloman ’s cognitive architecture [9], and transient episodic memory [10].
The LIDA computational architecture, derived from the LIDA cognitive model, employs several modules that are designed using computational mechanisms drawn from the “new AI.” [11][12].
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