Comparative Principles of The Structure of The Psyche of Homo Sapiens And Artificial General Intelligence - PART 1

Abstract

Properly understanding the structure and dynamics of mental processes is a critical step in determining the significant features of artificial general intelligence operating on the principles of biological systems. The psyche, as a function of the brain, is responsible for creating, preserving, integrating and determining the priority of updating the arsenal of regulatory algorithms that ensure the balancing of physiological and mental homeostasis. Two interdependent information circuits develop simultaneously in the psyche: 1) physiological - control and balancing of homeostasis parameters of the internal environment; 2) psychological - a) creating/maintaining a consistent picture of the external environment and the relationship with it; b) implementation of behavior algorithms to balance homeostasis. The supra-threshold dissociation of homeostasis parameters, both physiological and mental, updates a compensatory need, the encoded information equivalent of which is the goal image, becomes the motive for goal-directed behavior. The psyche uses consciousness for selective interaction with the external environment. Consciousness is the interface of the psyche and the external environment with the selection and control functions of the dynamics of the two-way flow of information in the process of fulfilling a need. In creating motivating frustration structures, the Homo sapiens (HS) creative psyche has modified consciousness into an independent subsystem of the psyche capable of arbitrary, volitional control. The HS psyche is now able to arbitrarily determine the relevance and parameters of goals beyond vital needs, keep their dynamics in focus, and through introspection construct subjectivity in phylo/ontogenesis. Expanding the range of needs beyond the vital arsenal has formed motivational constructs of ideal content, creating the “uncertainty barrier problem.” The general principles of the psyche's action to realize ideal needs under conditions of uncertainty are formulated. The need to overcome "uncertainty barriers", with the a priori impossibility of achieving the ultimate ideal goal of a symbol creates a sequence of homomorphic cycles of behavior that have no prospects of completion.