Symbol Interpretation in Neural Networks: an investigation on representations in communication

Emerson Oliveira	UEFS/UFBA
Angelo Loula	UEFS

Abstract

Computer simulations have been used to study various aspects about the emergence of communication. But there have been only a few works on the underlying representation processes occurring during the interpretation by an agent of a representation produced by another agent. Here we present a study on representation processes in the emergence of communication occurring in a frequently used cognitive architecture in such experiments, artificial neural networks. We investigate the neural network’s activations during the emergence of communication in search for representational and referential processes. Results show that it is possible to evaluate such processes along the evolution of communication and analyze interpretation accordingly.

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