?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Computation+on+Information%2C+Meaning+and+Representations.+An+Evolutionary+Approach&rft.creator=Menant%2C+Mr+Christophe&rft.subject=Evolution&rft.subject=Artificial+Intelligence&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.description=Understanding+computation+as+%E2%80%9Ca+process+of+the+dynamic+change+of+information%E2%80%9D+brings+to+look+at+the+different+types+of+computation+and+information.+Computation+of+information+does+not+exist+alone+by+itself+but+is+to+be+considered+as+part+of+a+system+that+uses+it+for+some+given%0D%0Apurpose.+Information+can+be+meaningless+like+a+thunderstorm+noise%2C+it+can+be+meaningful+like+an+alert+signal%2C+or+like+the+representation+of+a+desired+food.+A+thunderstorm+noise+participates+to+the+generation+of+meaningful+information+about+coming+rain.+An+alert+signal+has+a+meaning+as+allowing+a+safety+constraint+to+be+satisfied.+The+representation+of+a+desired+food+participates+to+the+satisfaction+of+some+metabolic+constraints+for+the+organism.+Computations+on+information+and+representations+will+be+different+in+nature+and+in+complexity+as+the+systems+that+link+them+have+different+constraints+to+satisfy.+Animals+have+survival+constraints+to+satisfy.+Humans+have+many+specific+constraints+coming+in+addition.+And+computers+will+compute+what+the+designer+and+programmer+ask+for.%0D%0AWe+propose+to+analyze+the+different+relations+between+information%2C+meaning+and+representation+by+taking+an+evolutionary+approach+on+the+systems+that+link+them.+Such+a+bottom-up+approach+allows+starting+with+simple+organisms+and+avoids+an+implicit+focus+on+humans%2C+which+is+the+most+complex+and+difficult+case.+To+make+available+a+common%0D%0Abackground+usable+for+the+many+different+cases%2C+we+use+a+systemic+tool+that+defines+the+generation+of+meaningful+information+by+and+for+a+system+submitted+to+a+constraint+%5BMenant%2C+2003%5D.+This+systemic+tool+allows+to+position+information%2C+meaning+and+representations+for+systems%0D%0Arelatively+to+environmental+entities+in+an+evolutionary+perspective.%0D%0AWe+begin+by+positioning+the+notions+of+information%2C+meaning+and+representation+and+recall+the+characteristics+of+the+Meaning+Generator+System+(MGS)+that+link+a+system+submitted+to+a+constraint+to+its+environment.+We+then+use+the+MGS+for+animals+and+highlight+the+network+nature+of+the++interrelated+meanings+about+an+entity+of+the+environment.+This+brings+us+to+define+the+representation+of+an+item+for+an+agent+as+being+the+network+of+meanings+relative+to+the+item+for+the+agent.%0D%0ASuch+meaningful+representations+embed+the+agents+in+their+environments+and+are+far+from+the+Good+Old+Fashion+Artificial+Intelligence+type+ones.%0D%0AThe+MGS+approach+is+then+used+for+humans+with+a+limitation+resulting+of+the+unknown+nature+of+human+consciousness.%0D%0AApplication+of+the+MGS+to+artificial+systems+brings+to+look+for+compatibilities+with+different+levels+of+Artificial+Intelligence+(AI)+like+embodied-situated+AI%2C+the+Guidance+Theory+of+Representations%2C+and+enactive+AI.+Concerns+relative+to+different+types+of+autonomy+and+organic+or+artificial+constraints+are+highlighted.+We+finish+by%0D%0Asummarizing+the+points+addressed+and+by+proposing+some+continuations.%0D%0A&rft.publisher=World+Scientific+Publishing+Co.+Pte.Ltd.&rft.contributor=Dodig-Crnkovic%2C+Pr.+Gordana&rft.contributor=Burgin%2C+Pr.+Mark&rft.date=2011&rft.type=Book+Chapter&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7676%2F1%2F7637.html&rft.identifier=++Menant%2C+Mr+Christophe++(2011)+Computation+on+Information%2C+Meaning+and+Representations.+An+Evolutionary+Approach.++%5BBook+Chapter%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7676%2F