Intelligent Systems And Their Societies

History of the Authors Programs

First publication (1954) published in the Astounding Science Fiction magazine
The authors first description of an intelligent system, dated January 1954. Here he is already talking about concepts and rules.
See details here.

The Intelligent System (1984) published in the SIGART Newsletter
This is a simulation on the computer screen of the activity of a sheep in its environment. It learns to "eat" the grass and avoid the fire.
See the details here.

The Autonomous Intelligent System (1989) published in the Robotics and Autonomous System Journal.
A further development of "The Intelligent System". It is a computer screen simulation. It generalises, plans, and exhibits curiosity.
See the details here.

The General Learner(1995)
It could play simple board games with a person. But it was felt that the brain needed a body so a robot body was constructed and the program adapted as a brain. This program is incomplete, but can lift an arm at a sound command (a flute tone). See the details here.

The General Learner 3 (2004-2006)
A program that can learn new rules of working on incoming sensations and of choosing an appropriate action. The main difference from previous versions is that the General Learner 3, now, not only has rules that are applied to the exterior environment, but also rules that are applied to the situation inside the brain. In other words learn new methods of "thinking".
For details see: here.

Translation of the General Learner 3 (2007-2009)
It had been written on a Macintosh and was translated to a PC by a group of students at the "Universidad Tecnológica Nacional" in Buenos Aires, organized by Sergio Moriello and a group of students: G. Godoy, N. Campitelli, L. Miyahira, D. Sanchiz, < S. Sarlinga, F. Skvor, B. Torres, O. Varela.

A proposed brain for a household robot (GL4) (2011)
This is a description of a brain for a household robot, based on the previous programs.

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