A Roadmap for the Development of the 'SP Machine' for Artificial Intelligence. (22nd January 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Palade, Vasile; Wolff, J Gerard
• Is Part Of: Computer journal. Volume 62:Number 11(2019)
• Page Start: 1584
• Page End: 1604
• Publication Date: 2019-01-22
• Subjects: information compression -- artificial intelligence -- natural language processing -- pattern recognition -- computer vision -- neuroscience; Computers -- Periodicals; 005.1
• DOI: 10.1093/comjnl/bxy126
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0010-4620

Abstract

Abstract: This paper describes a roadmap for the development of the SP Machine, based on the SP Theory of Intelligence and its realization in the SP Computer Model . The SP Machine will be developed initially as a software virtual machine with high levels of parallel processing, hosted on a high-performance computer. The system should help users visualize knowledge structures and processing. Research is needed into how the system may discover low-level features in speech and in images. Strengths of the SP System in the processing of natural language may be augmented, in conjunction with the further development of the SP System's strengths in unsupervised learning. Strengths of the SP System in pattern recognition may be developed for computer vision. Work is needed on the representation of numbers and the performance of arithmetic processes. A computer model is needed of SP-Neural, the version of the SP Theory expressed in terms of neurons and their interconnections. The SP Machine has potential in many areas of application, several of which may be realized on short-to-medium timescales.