Artwork creation by a cognitive architecture integrating computational creativity and dual process approaches

Abstract

The paper proposes a novel cognitive architecture (CA) for computational creativity based on the Psi model and on the mechanisms inspired by dual process theories of reasoning and rationality. In recent years, many cognitive models have focused on dual process theories to better describe and implement complex cognitive skills in artificial agents, but creativity has been approached only at a descriptive level. In previous works we have described various modules of the cognitive architecture that allows a robot to execute creative paintings. By means of dual process theories we refine some relevant mechanisms to obtain artworks, and in particular we explain details about the resolution level of the CA dealing with different strategies of access to the Long Term Memory (LTM) and managing the interaction between S1 and S2 processes of the dual process theory. The creative process involves both divergent and convergent processes in either implicit or explicit manner. This leads to four activities (exploratory, reflective, tacit, and analytic) that, triggered by urges and motivations, generate creative acts. These creative acts exploit both the LTM and the WM in order to make novel substitutions to a perceived image by properly mixing parts of pictures coming from different domains. The paper highlights the role of the interaction between S1 and S2 processes, modulated by the resolution level, which focuses the attention of the creative agent by broadening or narrowing the exploration of novel solutions, or even drawing the solution from a set of already made associations. An example of artificial painter is described in some experimentations by using a robotic platform.

A Theory-Driven Design Research Agenda: Exploring Dual-Process Theory

“…the Double Diamond model (Design Council, 2005), further decomposition of the creative process has been limited by the lack of granularity in this conceptualisation. In this context, dual-process theory provides a basis for further decomposing divergent/convergent creative cognition (Augello et al, 2016). Specifically, it allows researchers to elaborate a number of mechanisms underpinning creative production.…”

“…The structure provided by System 1 and System 2 elaborates and connects critical procedural concepts such as 'process awareness' (Valgeirsdottir et al, 2016) and uncertainty perception (Christensen and Ball, 2017) as well as more specific concepts of divergence/convergence, association and fixation, inspiration and intuition (Badke-Schaub and Eris, 2014). Further, the robustness of dual-process theory makes it suitable for simulation and thus forms the basis for important emergent discussions of how to model and structure understanding of creativity (Augello et al, 2016) and activity in design (Cash and Kreye, 2017). As such, it can be concluded that dual-process theory provides a common lens for understanding a range of related design concepts and thus provides a basis for integrating these discussions in a structured manner.…”

Interrelaciones de la memoria con la creatividad y la imagen en la conformación de la cultura

“…Este modelo (Figura 1) difiere de los clásicos (Dewey, 1910;Wallas, 1926), al enfatizar la no linealidad del pensamiento en su proceder. Este proceso implica operaciones divergentes y convergentes, capaces de involucrar hasta cuatro actividades (exploratorias, reflexivas, tácitas y analíticas) que, desencadenadas por impulsos y motivaciones, generan actos creativos (Augello et al, 2016).…”

Conceptual Spaces for Cognitive Architectures: A lingua franca for different levels of representation

“…3.1). Systems whose conceptual processing activity is based on the dual process approach have been also recently investigated in the area of computational creativity of robotic agents [Augello et al (2016)].…”