TY - JOUR
KW - Artificial Intelligence
KW - Beliefs
KW - Religion
KW - Computational Model
KW - AI Limits
AU - Andrea Vestrucci
AU - Sara Lumbreras
AU - Lluis Oviedo
AB - The study of belief is expanding and involves a growing set of disciplines and research areas. These research programs attempt to shed light on the process of believing, understood as a central human cognitive function. Computational systems and, in particular, what we commonly understand as Artificial Intelligence (AI), can provide some insights on how beliefs work as either a linear process or as a complex system. However, the computational approach has undergone some scrutiny, in particular about the differences between what is distinctively human and what can be inferred from AI systems. The present article investigates to what extent recent developments in AI provide new elements to the debate and clarify the process of belief acquisition, consolidation, and recalibration. The article analyses and debates current issues and topics of investigation such as: different models to understand belief, the exploration of belief in an automated reasoning environment, the case of religious beliefs, and future directions of research.
IS - Special Issue on Artificial Intelligence, Spirituality and Analogue Thinking
M1 - 1
N2 - The study of belief is expanding and involves a growing set of disciplines and research areas. These research programs attempt to shed light on the process of believing, understood as a central human cognitive function. Computational systems and, in particular, what we commonly understand as Artificial Intelligence (AI), can provide some insights on how beliefs work as either a linear process or as a complex system. However, the computational approach has undergone some scrutiny, in particular about the differences between what is distinctively human and what can be inferred from AI systems. The present article investigates to what extent recent developments in AI provide new elements to the debate and clarify the process of belief acquisition, consolidation, and recalibration. The article analyses and debates current issues and topics of investigation such as: different models to understand belief, the exploration of belief in an automated reasoning environment, the case of religious beliefs, and future directions of research.
PY - 2021
SP - 24
EP - 33
T2 - International Journal of Interactive Multimedia and Artificial Intelligence
TI - Can AI Help Us to Understand Belief? Sources, Advances, Limits, and Future Directions
UR - https://www.ijimai.org/journal/sites/default/files/2021-08/ijimai7_1_3_0.pdf
VL - 7
SN - 1989-1660
ER -