| | Where do human goals come from? We are working with the theory that the transfer of social goals in humans occurs through the inheritance of knowledge from parents and others. The performance and communication of social behaviors is a critical process in cultural evolution. We are designing and building models of behavior inheritance and social learning in human children. We are interested in modelling the inheritance and learning of domain-specific action skills, domain-specific goals, reflective control of which goals to pursue now, self critics, and social critics. This work is inspired by Marvin Minsky's Model-6 layered reflective theory of mind, published in his recent Emotion Machine book. We hope to make part of this Model-6 theory into a working and testable model for use by other scientists in the business of trying to understand complex and potentially powerful human emotions, such as Guilt and Pride. Our current goal is in understanding these complex mental processes. |
