The move to analogies as teaching methods is a major step in “cognitive computing,” which allows computers to learn and even reprogram themselves. Cognitive computing is the big evolutionary step to ...

Using the power of analogy, a new structure-mapping engine gives computers the ability to reason like humans and even solve moral dilemmas. Northwestern University's Ken Forbus is closing the gap ...

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The Pulitzer Prize-winning book Gödel, Escher, Bach inspired legions of computer scientists in 1979, but few were as inspired as Melanie Mitchell. After reading the 777-page tome, Mitchell, a high ...

Let's first look at a preeminent theory of how this happens known as structure mapping. Then we'll look at an alternative that involves the resolution of cognitive states of potentiality. Two Views of ...

Northwestern University's Ken Forbus is closing the gap between humans and machines. Using cognitive science theories, Forbus and his collaborators have developed a model that could give computers the ...

Northwestern Engineering’s Ken Forbus is closing the gap between humans and machines. Using cognitive science theories, Forbus and his collaborators have developed a model that could give computers ...