Re: AI Knowledge Structure

Alex Levitt wrote:
Hello All,

I am currently trying to work out all the different types of knowledge
contained in the human mind. I have generated a list so far which is
below, with a short description of what it is. Ideas of ones I have
missed, combined or is too low level would be appreciated.
[...]

Your list represents the categories expressed in the English language, and it's confused. It's based on 6th grade grammar, really, and 6th grade grammar is a bloody mess. Should never be taught.

Eg "tense" is a morphological concept, and "time" is a semantic one. Tenses are used to express time relationships, but so are other constructs, so it overlaps with "Time." "Time " is incomplete, since in fact we express (== know) not only the time of an event, but also the time of talking about it, and the relationship between those two times. Those same constructs also express actuality, possibility, hypothetical occurrence, wish, etc. BTW, there is no future tense in English - the future is not an actual event, so we use other verbal constructs to express it.

"Noun" is not the only way to express "objects". We also use verb phrases, and verbs. Really. And nouns are used to label actions as well as "objects". And so on.

See, I told you 6th grade grammar is a mess. ;-)

In any case, relying on what we express in language as an index of what we know is problematic. For one thing, why should you limit "knowledge" to that which can be expressed in language?

HTH
wolf k.
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