Does intelligence imply contradiction?
| dc.creator | Frosini, Patrizio | |
| dc.date | 2007-12-31 | |
| dc.date | 2008-03-18 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T09:27:00Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T09:27:00Z | |
| dc.description | Contradiction is often seen as a defect of intelligent systems and a dangerous limitation on efficiency. In this paper we raise the question of whether, on the contrary, it could be considered a key tool in increasing intelligence in biological structures. A possible way of answering this question in a mathematical context is shown, formulating a proposition that suggests a link between intelligence and contradiction. A concrete approach is presented in the well-defined setting of cellular automata. Here we define the models of ``observer'', ``entity'', ``environment'', ``intelligence'' and ``contradiction''. These definitions, which roughly correspond to the common meaning of these words, allow us to deduce a simple but strong result about these concepts in an unbiased, mathematical manner. Evidence for a real-world counterpart to the demonstrated formal link between intelligence and contradiction is provided by three computational experiments. | |
| dc.description | 39 pages, 6 figures; added Remark 9 (page 19) and Remark 12 (page 25); changed some comments after Definition 13 and in Section 5; some minor changes | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/0801.0232 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/0801.0232 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/156952 | |
| dc.subject | Artificial Intelligence | |
| dc.subject | Logic in Computer Science | |
| dc.title | Does intelligence imply contradiction? | |
| dc.type | text |