Anthropomorphic Character as a Milestone of Artificial General Intelligence Research

Abstract

We propose to use anthropomorphic characters with limited cognitive ability as a milestone of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) research. We think " Minidora ", a character who appears in the anime " Doraemon " is suitable as our current challenge. Though Minidora cannot speak natural language, we assume Minidora share our mental model. Since its character requires human assistance, researches based on its characteristics are desirable from both technical possibility and social value. In this paper, we will illustrate several examples of cognitive ability Minidora holds, then show the relationship between existing researches, respectively. Especially, we focus on Minidora as a platform of new direction in Human-Agent Interaction and Pattern Recognition researches.