# Natural Computational Architectures for Cognitive Info-Communication

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2110.06339 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2110.06339/

## Key facts

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- First posted on arXiv 1 Oct 2021.

## Builds on (most cited first, 3 of 3)

- [Towards an integration of deep learning and neuroscience](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1606.03813/) (2016)
- [Modular Design Patterns for Hybrid Learning and Reasoning Systems: a taxonomy, patterns and use cases](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2102.11965/) (2021)
- [Information, Computation, Cognition. Agency-based Hierarchies of Levels](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1311.0413/) (2013)

## Abstract (arXiv)

Recent comprehensive overview of 40 years of research in cognitive architectures, (Kotseruba and Tsotsos 2020), evaluates modelling of the core cognitive abilities in humans, but only marginally addresses biologically plausible approaches based on natural computation. This mini review presents a set of perspectives and approaches which have shaped the development of biologically inspired computational models in the recent past that can lead to the development of biologically more realistic cognitive architectures. For describing continuum of natural cognitive architectures, from basal cellular to human-level cognition, we use evolutionary info-computational framework, where natural/ physical/ morphological computation leads to evolution of increasingly complex cognitive systems. Forty years ago, when the first cognitive architectures have been proposed, understanding of cognition, embodiment and evolution was different. So was the state of the art of information physics, bioinformatics, information chemistry, computational neuroscience, complexity theory, self-organization, theory of evolution, information and computation. Novel developments support a constructive interdisciplinary framework for cognitive architectures in the context of computing nature, where interactions between constituents at different levels of organization lead to complexification of agency and increased cognitive capacities. We identify several important research questions for further investigation that can increase understanding of cognition in nature and inspire new developments of cognitive technologies. Recently, basal cell cognition attracted a lot of interest for its possible applications in medicine, new computing technologies, as well as micro- and nanorobotics.