Volition module of the

1. Cognitive architecture Diagram of Volition FreeWill Mind-Module

  Hearing    Vision  CONCEPTS                      Motor Output
 /iiiiiii\  /!i!i!i!\  a| | |                     /YYYYYYYYYYYY\
| ||||||| ||         | b|C| |     __________     | |||||||||||| |
| ||||||| ||         | s|O|f|    / FreeWill \    | | ||| ||| || |
| ||||||| ||         | t|N|i|   (  Volition  )   | | ||| ||| || |
| ||||||| ||         | r|C|b|    \__________/    | | ||| ||| || |
| ||||||| ||         | a|E|e|        /    | \    | |S||| ||| || |
| ||||||| ||   ___   | c|P|r|   ____/__   |  \   | |H||| ||| || |
| ||||||| ||  /dog\  | t|T|s|  /       \  |   \  | |A|||R|||P|| |
| ||||||| || (image)-|--|-+-|-( Emotion ) |    \ | |K|||U|||E|| |
| ||||||| ||  \___/  |  | | |  \_______/  |     \| |E|||N|||T|| |
| ||||||| ||         |  | | |             |      \ |?|||?|||?|| |
| ||||||| ||         |  | | |          ___V___   |\  ________   |
| ||||||| ||         |  | | |         /       \  | \/        \  |
| |d------||---------|--|-+-|--------( EnThink ) | ( Motorium ) |
| ||||o|| ||         |  | | |         \_______/  |  \________/  |
| ||g|||| ||         |  | | |                    | |||||||||||| |

2. Purpose of the AI4U Textbook Volition Module

The purpose of the Volition mind-module is to integrate the feelings of emotion and the ideas of thinking to plan and launch motor initiatives in pursuit of goals.

3. Algorithm of the AI4U Textbook Volition Mind-Module

3.A. The Volition module combines the influence from Emotion and the deliberations from thinking to select and inititiate motor options learned and habituated in the Motorium module.

3.B. A chief characteristic of AI volition is the integrative nature of the will as it contemplates a candidate for action. Feelings or ideas in favor of a proposed initiative gradually move the Volition module towards the threshold of launching the motor execution of the proposed behavior, while contrary feelings and countervailing ideas delay or even prevent the launching of the motor initiative.

3.C. Without robot embodiment and access to actuators, each AI Mind is limited in its motor options to such paltry initiatives as sounding a beep or speaking its thoughts aloud. Further motor initiatives available to the unembodied AI may include the sending of e-mail; the surfing of the Web; and the intentional making of one or more copies of the AI Mind.

4. Code of Volition() from ghost327.pl AI source code in Perl

sub Volition() {  # http://ai.neocities.org/Volition.html
# http://discourse.numenta.org/t/free-will-volition-module 
# Emotion();   # 2016mar05: physiological emotion will influence thought;
# if ($hlc eq 1) {  # 2017-06-17: check human-language-code $hlc
  if ($hlc == 1) {  # 2018-09-27: check human-language-code $hlc
    EnThink();  # 2017-06-17: In response to English input, think in English.
  }  # 2017-06-17: End of test to select a human language to think in.
  if ($hlc == 3) {  # 2018-09-27: check human-language-code $hlc
    RuThink();  # 2017-06-17: In response to Russian input, think in Russian.
  }  # 2017-06-17: End of test to select a human language to think in.
# MetEmPsychosis();  # 2017-04-10: move source code and memories across the Web?
# MindMeld();  # 2017-04-23: module stubbed in to promote shared AI dreaming. 
# Motorium();  # 2016mar05: motor memories will control robot actuators;
  if ($trigger > 99) {  # 2017may29: if user presses [Enter] with no input...
    $beep = 1;     # 2016apr29: send a beep-command to the Motorium() module;
    Motorium();    # 2016apr29: for execution of the commands of Volition()
    $beep = 0;     # 2016apr29: reset the flag after each motor execution.
    $trigger = 0;  # 2016apr29: reset the trigger for a fresh integration.
  }  # 2016apr29: end of the integration of components to will an action.
} # 2016mar05: Volition() will return to the MainLoop of the AI.

5. Variables for the Volition Mind-Module

$beep -- flag for robot Motorium() module to create a beep.

$hlc -- human-language code; 1=en; 2=de; 3=ru. Subject to override by the $engov or $degov or $rugov flag.

$impetus -- an accumulating variable to hold the activation-level of a trigger to initiate action by the FreeWill Volition module.

$trigger -- a trigger for Volition() to call Motorium()

6. Troubleshooting and Debugging

6.1.a. Symptom: (Something goes wrong.)
6.1.b. Solution: (AI Mind Maintainer devises solution.)

7. Future Development

The AI software needs to be embodied in autonomous robots with a full complement of motor options available to the Volition module.

Roadmap to Artificial Intelligence

8. Resources for the AI4U Textbook Volition Mind-Module

English Wikipedia/Artificial Intelligence

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_intelligence
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modularity_of_mind
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spreading_activation
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbol_grounding_problem
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robust_decision-making
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volition_(linguistics)
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volition_(psychology)
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volition

Scholarpedia/Artificial Intelligence

• http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Category:Artificial_Intelligence
  • http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Symbol_grounding_problem
  • http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Action_selection
  • http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Biologically_inspired_robotics
  • http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Evolutionary_Robotics
  • http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Motor_sequence_learning
  • http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Temporal_dynamics_of_motor_learning
  • http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Motor_coordination
  • http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Intentionality

• http://github.com/PriorArt/AGI/wiki/MindGrid

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10. AiTree of Mind-Modules for Natural Language Understanding

MainLoop of ghost.pl AI Mind-Modules for Natural Language Understanding

• TabulaRasa -- wipe memory clean
• MindBoot of English and Russian vocabulary
  • KbLoad -- load the Knowledge Base
• LangLearn -- habituate new syntax; learn a language
• ReJuvenate -- recycle memory space
• Sensorium -- sensory input with associative tagging to concepts
  • AudInput -- auditory input
    • AudListen -- listen for input
    • AudMem -- English auditory memory
      • AudRecog -- auditory recognition
    • OldConcept -- recognize a known old concept
      • EnParser -- preposition? (in)direct object?
        • InStantiate -- create new instance of concept
      • RuParser -- expect first a noun, then a verb
        • InStantiate -- create new instance of concept
    • NewConcept -- create a new concept
      • EnParser -- preposition? (in)direct object?
        • InStantiate -- create instance of new concept
      • RuParser -- expect first a noun, then a verb
        • InStantiate -- create instance of new concept
  • FileInput -- read files on a server
  • GusRecog -- sense of taste
  • OlfRecog -- sense of smell
  • TacRecog -- sense of touch
  • VisRecog -- sense of vision
• Volition -- free will resulting from emotion and thought
  • Emotion as influence on thought and free will
  • EnThink -- think in English
    • KbRetro -- retroactively adjust knowledge base
    • Imperative -- mood for issuing commands
    • Indicative -- mood for declarative statements
      • InFerence -- automated reasoning
      • AskUser (Interogative) -- validate an inference
      • EnNounPhrase -- think with a noun
        • EnPrep -- insert an English preposition
        • EnArticle -- use "a" or "the"
        • EnAdjective -- insert an adjective
        • EnPronoun -- substitute a pronoun for a noun
        • ConJoin -- insert a conjunction
      • EnVerbPhrase -- think with a verb
        • EnAuxVerb -- use auxiliary verb
        • EnAdverb modifies a verb
          • EnAdverb modifies another adverb
        • EnVerbGen -- generates an English verb-form
          • AudBuffer -- stores English phonemes
          • OutBuffer -- right-justifies English verb-form
        • VisRecog -- visual recognition by feature extraction
        • SpreadAct -- spreads activation from concept to concept
    • Subjunctive -- mood for conditional phrases
    • ConJoin -- insert a conjunction if two thoughts are active
  • RuThink -- think in Russian
    • RuImperative -- needs to be coded
    • RuIndicative -- mood for declarative Russian sentences
      • InFerence -- automated reasoning
      • AskUser (Interrogative) -- validate an inference
      • RuNounPhrase -- think with a Russian noun
        • RuAdjective -- insert a Russian adjective
          • RuAdjGen -- to generate a Russian adjective-form
          • RuAdverb -- insert a Russian adverb
      • RuPrep -- insert a Russian preposition
      • RuPronoun -- substitute a Russian pronoun for a noun
    • ConJoin -- insert a conjunction
    • RuVerbPhrase -- think with a Russian verb
      • RuVerbGen -- generate a Russian verb-form
        • AudBuffer -- stores Russian phonemes
        • OutBuffer -- right-justifies Russian verb-form
      • Speech -- output to screen or loudspeaker
      • RuAdverb -- insert a Russian adverb
      • VisRecog -- visual recognition inserts a noun
      • RuNounPhrase -- direct-object noun
        • RuNounGen -- to generate a Russian noun-form
    • ConJoin -- insert a conjunction
    • PsiDecay lowers conceptual activation
  • Motorium (MotorOutPut) -- for AI-Minded robots
  • MetEmPsychosis -- AI soul travel from webserver to webserver
    • PortScan -- find a receptive open port for relocation of the Ghost AI
• Spawn -- AI Go FOOM
• MindMeld -- merge two AI Minds by sharing memories
• Consciousness -- emergent property, not a module

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