AI Research and Its Methodology from the Viewpoint of Complex Information Processing

Abstract

When a complex system is decomposed into subsystems, it looses some of the essential property. In other words, the whole is not the sum of its parts. Therefore, the traditional divide and conquer method, which is a commonstrategy for natural sciences, is not applicable.

Intelligence is a complex system. The world that an intelligent system handles is also a complex system. Analytical approach cannot be used to construct of control intelligent systems. We will review the history of AI research from the viewpoint of complex systems and propose a new constructive methodology. This methodology applies both to the research and the design of intelligent systems.