Communication Only Seems Simple

Simple Agents Benefit Only from Simple Brains

In order to answer the general question: “What does a simple agent with a limited life-time require for constructing a useful representation of the environment?” we propose a robot platform including the simplest probabilistic sensory and motor layers. Then we use the platform as a test-bed for evaluation of the navigational capabilities of the robot with different “brains”. We claim that a pro...

[Reducing asthma treatment: is it as simple as it seems?].

El objetivo máximo en el tratamiento del asma es alcanzar el control total de la enfermedad con el menor riesgo de efectos adversos. Las diferentes guías y consensos nacionales e internacionales, comparten un mismo mensaje en relación al tratamiento: controlar el asma con la menor dosis posible y eficaz de fármacos, referido generalmente al uso de corticoides inhalados (CI).1-4 Las distintas es...

Granuloma annulare: not as simple as it seems.

Data sharing: not as simple as it seems

In recent years there has been a major change on the part of funders, particularly in North America, so that data sharing is now considered to be the norm rather than the exception. We believe that data sharing is a good idea. However, we also believe that it is inappropriate to prescribe exactly when or how researchers should preserve and share data, since these issues are highly specific to e...

Mind model seems necessary for the emergence of communication

We consider communication when there is no agreement about symbols and meanings. We treat it within the framework of reinforcement learning. This framework enables us to talk about emotional coupling and to consider the emergence of communication. We apply different reinforcement learning models in our studies and simplify the problem as much as possible. We show that the modelling of the other...