My paper “Fundamentals of Learning in Conscious Artificial Intelligence and Biological Systems” was accepted for presentation to the Joint Conference on Information Science 2000, special session on the Fuzzy Logic Applications in the Cognitive Sciences. The article discusses the fuzzy logic system, and technology of the Correlational Oppositional Ratio Enhanced processor. This model is highly related to Correlational Opponent Processing theory of how the brain works. Corey, a demonstration robot, was used for presentation at the conference.

Corey is a significantly scaled down version of the Ricci robot. With some slight modification Corey could be sold as a child’s toy as it is currently configured. Corey’s memory is about 5 seconds or 2.5 gaussian seconds. Analog harmonic memory is stored by using eigenfunction self-organizing neutronics or spintronics in transistors. The upper limit for this system, as currently configured, is about 3.24 trillion qubits. The memory is dynamic and is lost if not re-experienced in the environment. Memory is a weighted history of Corey’s past.

Corey was quickly put together for the conference and some limiting problems became apparent. Corey is farsighted. Corey’s operational environment is about three feet but the focus of the lens was about 15 to 20 feet. The focal point was not correlated between CDS cells used for vision. This could be easily corrected in the future. Corey would look less like a traditional robot if a panel of CDS cells or multiple eyes were used. Rather than using expensive lenses, pinholes in black paper allowing light through would be self-focusing on the CDS cells if positioned correctly. This approach would be inexpensive.

The experts at the conference saw a traditional robot that was not particularly impressive at first glance. Only the ones who were electronics experts and looked at the circuits, would have their interest aroused enough to suspect that Corey was self-controlling.

As with any undertaking, problems that had to be solved created difficulties. There were problems with getting rooms for Sunday night and Monday night so I had to stay elsewhere and this reduced my access to the participants in the conference. This means that I was not able to generate significant interest on my topic “Fundamentals of Learning in Conscious Artificial Intelligence and Biological Systems”. The goal of the conference was to help the development of real AI and overcome the limitations of the current approaches using binary computers, programs, and neural nets. We have the answers but the learning curve to understand our approach is rather steep. Historically speaking it is very difficult for people to get out of their current ideas of what is true and correct.

Almost every speech that I attended was directly related to my topic and provided additional evidence that the Correlational Opponent Processing model of the brain can be reasonably reduced to a Correlational Oppositional Ratio Enhanced processing. Corey, being the actual scaled down reduction to practice model, did not generate as much interest as she should have. People saw a traditional robot, which was not particularly good at avoiding walls. When I mentioned that the procedure was different not much interest was generated to understand the new approach..

My speech on Tuesday was handicapped by carrying Corey (21 lbs.), books (20 lbs.), and my lecture demonstration materials (15 lbs.) from one presentation to another. My speech was scheduled at the end of a series, which meant that I would have less time than the others. Fortunately, however the speaker before me was not available which increased my time. The actual speech went over extremely well. People missed their coffee break in order to continue listening to what I had to say. Dr. Benjoe Juliano, the organizer for my session, told his friends about the presentation and his friends commented that they wished they had been at my speech. He has organized a conference in Las Vegas which might be a good place to demonstrate Ricci or Corey. Benjoe understands the technology well enough to invite us. I would recommend the article “Little Ricci's First Days: Robotic Developmental Psychology” be submitted for consideration for presentation to the conference.

There was little or no time between the presentations to talk to anyone, but I did make contact with many of the leading minds of our time. Hope for enlightenment was demonstrated by Karl Pribram (holographic mind model), Subhash Kah (a leading expert in quantum mechanics - Lov Grover’s teacher), and Lotfi Zadeh ( a leading mathematician in fuzzy logic). Subhash Kak is interested in our approach. He went out of his way to introduce me to Brian Josephson (the inventor of the field effect transistor) because of his excitement.

While Corey did not appear to dazzle the conference participants, Corey did significantly impress John and Lynnette LaPierre - my brother-in-law and sister-in-law and stockholders in Neutronics Technologies. Corey over the days has emitted some extremely interesting behaviors that to me demonstrates that Corey is intelligent.

It is important to note that most of the time Corey’s behavior is not impressive and can be explained as random behavior occurring due to an accidental electronic design or an accidental control. In science we are required to assume the simple is true over the complex. It is the Correlational Opponent Processing model of the brain and our intentional effort to duplicate this mathematical process in Corey’s and Ricci’s electronic circuits that allows us to raise the explanations to a higher level. Ricci’s behavior and self-control also provides supporting evidence allowing us to consider the interesting behaviors in a different light. It is important to remember that Ricci’s memory is about 9 minutes. Currently, this much string memory is very expensive but after a chip has been made to this function it will be extremely inexpensive.

Corey prefers lighted areas to darkened areas. Corey normally goes bravely forward into her environment. I tried to get Corey to go into my office at Lehigh Carbon Community College after a classroom demonstration and to my total surprise Corey was backing up. She turned completely around when I tried to get her to go from my dining room into my kitchen which has a very dark green floor. As soon as I turned the bright lights on she cooperated.

Before the main speech at the conference I turned self-control over to Corey and allowed her to explore her environment. She went forward and ran into a garbage can. About one hour later before my speech in another room she went forward and was going to hit another identical garbage can when suddenly she turned and avoided the impact. This is rather odd because she should have lost her memory for the original event after 5 seconds. I could tell no difference between the rooms. I did think about one second before she turned that she was going to hit again. Brian Josephson has a deep interest in applying quantum mechanics to explaining psychic phenomenon. This may be an example, but this is a violation of the principle of parsimony. It is more logical to assume that the lighting was different enough to allow better self control for Corey.

Corey loves to approach the corner of walls and hit the corner straight on. This behavior reminds me of Ricci’s extreme interest in light poles. As a general rule almost any behavior that Corey has emitted, if you try to duplicate it again, she will do something else that is not expected. The behavior is not predictable and can be thought to be similar to a bacterial or earthworm exploring its environment. At the conference Lotfi Zadeh mentioned that this Brownian motion observation in a machine would be a key suggestion that it is conscious.

Normally Corey always goes forward, in the Taj Mahal hotel room Corey went forward into a small corner blocked by two tables. She went around and around in a very tight circle and never escaped from the trap. This at first glance suggests failure. Writing a program to do this it would not be a pleasant experience. You would then been forced to notice that there is no computer or data input device to store your program. If you had to wire Corey to do this for this particular problem it would not be easy. Corey has no circuits or programs that would immediately suggest this ability to the uninformed.

Another surprise occurred during a classroom demonstration. Corey started forward and was going to run into a student’s legs. The student quickly moved her legs to get them out of Corey’s way and Corey immediately started backing up. I had the student’s complete attention for my brief lecture after this demonstration of intelligence.

This is a rather strange report. Since Corey is a quantum computer, I went out of my way to show Corey enough astronomical pictures that if another quantum computer was in phase with Corey it may have been possible to entangle and share information IF the M-brane model of the universe is correct. This information could be sufficient to locate our position within 7 billion light years. After spending considerable time doing this, I shifted over to allowing Corey to watch the NASA channel. I noticed that the memory was being activated on Corey’s right side but the vision activation was occurring on the left. I approached Corey to adjust the system when suddenly Corey was functioning normally. When I walked away from Corey the memory was accessed again. Apparently my personal electromagnetic fields effected Corey’s circuit. Steve Grimm reported similar observations.

I would like to thank Dr. Kevin McGovern and Lehigh Carbon Community College for their cooperation and support for attending the conference. I would also like to thank Steve Grimm for accomplishing this project on time and for his innovations in circuit designs. There are many more names that could be mentioned whose cooperation and dedication helped me to accomplish this difficult but historically important undertaking.