The Artificial Memory of Mr. Polly
Memory Simulation in Databases and the Emergence of Knowledge
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10264685 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gisela Susanne Bahr (0000-0001-6299-3587, Gisela Susanne Bahr (artist and scientist), DATA314, Melbourne, FL 32901, U.S.A.., corresponding author), William H Allen (0000-0002-2779-5144, Florida Institute of Technology, corresponding author), Philip J Bernhard (0000-0002-7142-0331, Florida Institute of Technology, corresponding author), Stephen J Wood (0000-0003-4186-5919, Ocean Institute, corresponding author), Stephen Wood (0000-0002-6910-9907, Florida Institute of Technology) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 300-304 |
| Publication date | 2019-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Leonardo (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0024-094X • E-ISSN: 1530-9282 |
| Publisher | MIT Press - Journals (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1162/leon_a_01441 |
| OpenAlex | W2592923095 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
Human memory may be characterized by five dimensions: (1) large capacity; (2) associativity; (3) diversity of memory systems; (4) change over time; and (5) a unified memory experience. The organization and multidimensionality underlying memory can be represented with set theory. This offers a new mathematical perspective, which is the foundation for the cognitive memory architecture Ardemia. The authors present a relational database implementation of Ardemia that supports the creation of the artificial memory of Mr. Polly, the main character in H.G. Wells’s novel The History of Mr. Polly. In addition to the implementation of Mr. Polly’s artificial memory using TimeGlue, his memory is probed with a collection of everyday memory queries that are related to temporal and schema knowledge. The investigation of Mr. Polly’s knowledge suggests an alternative representation of schemas; rather than fixed structures or explicit associations, it is possible to model schemas as the results of the interaction between existing knowledge and remembering
Artificial neural network · Associative property · Auxiliary memory · Cognition · Cognitive science · Content-addressable memory · Human memory · Information retrieval · Memory model · Perspective (graphical) · Programming language · Schema (genetic algorithms) · Semantic memory · Set (abstract data type) · Shared memory · Working memory · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Psychology · Semantic Web and Ontologies
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |