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Serge Dolgikh

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arXiv2025

Counter-Inferential Behavior in Natural and Artificial Cognitive Systems

This study explores the emergence of counter-inferential behavior in natural and artificial cognitive systems, that is, patterns in which agents misattribute empirical success or suppress adaptation, leading to epistemic rigidity or maladaptive stability. We analyze archetypal scenarios in which such behavior arises: reinforcement of stability through reward imbalance, meta-cognitive attribution of success to internal superiority, and protective reframing under perceived model fragility. Rather than arising from noise or flawed design, these behaviors emerge through structured interactions between internal information models, empirical feedback, and higher-order evaluation mechanisms. Drawing on evidence from artificial systems, biological cognition, human psychology, and social dynamics, we identify counter-inferential behavior as a general cognitive vulnerability that can manifest even in otherwise well-adapted systems. The findings highlight the importance of preserving minimal adaptive activation under stable conditions and suggest design principles for cognitive architectures that can resist rigidity under informational stress.

cs.AI↗

arXiv2024

"Efficient Complexity": a Constrained Optimization Approach to the Evolution of Natural Intelligence

A fundamental question in the conjunction of information theory, biophysics, bioinformatics and thermodynamics relates to the principles and processes that guide the development of natural intelligence in natural environments where information about external stimuli may not be available at prior. A novel approach in the description of the information processes of natural learning is proposed in the framework of constrained optimization, where the objective function represented by the information entropy of the internal states of the system with the states of the external environment is maximized under the natural constraints of memory, computing power, energy and other essential resources. The progress of natural intelligence can be interpreted in this framework as a strategy of approximation of the solutions of the optimization problem via a traversal over the extrema network of the objective function under the natural constraints that were examined and described. Non-trivial conclusions on the relationships between the complexity, variability and efficiency of the structure, or architecture of learning models made on the basis of the proposed formalism can explain the effectiveness of neural networks as collaborative groups of small intelligent units in biological and artificial intelligence.

cs.NE↗

arXiv2024

The Trap of Presumed Equivalence: Artificial General Intelligence Should Not Be Assessed on the Scale of Human Intelligence

A traditional approach to assessing emerging intelligence in the theory of intelligent systems is based on the similarity, "imitation" of human-like actions and behaviors, benchmarking the performance of intelligent systems on the scale of human cognitive skills. In this work we attempt to outline the shortcomings of this line of thought, which is based on the implicit presumption of the equivalence and compatibility of the originating and emergent intelligences. We provide arguments to the point that under some natural assumptions, developing intelligent systems will be able to form their own intents and objectives. Then, the difference in the rate of progress of natural and artificial systems that was noted on multiple occasions in the discourse on artificial intelligence can lead to the scenario of a progressive divergence of the intelligences, in their cognitive abilities, functions and resources, values, ethical frameworks, worldviews, intents and existential objectives: the scenario of the AGI evolutionary gap. We discuss evolutionary processes that can guide the development of emergent intelligent systems and attempt to identify the starting point of the progressive divergence scenario.

cs.NE↗