# Cognitive architectures Projects at AI Tinkerers

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Cognitive architectures are computational blueprints: they model the fixed, integrated structure (memory, perception, learning) that enables artificial systems to exhibit human-like, adaptive intelligence.

A Cognitive Architecture is a computational framework that defines the fixed structure and mechanisms underlying intelligent behavior in both natural and artificial systems. This architecture is essentially a unified theory of cognition, implemented as a software blueprint for an intelligent agent. It integrates distinct modules for core functions: perception, working memory, procedural memory, and decision-making. Successful, long-standing examples include ACT-R (Adaptive Control of Thought—Rational) and Soar. These systems move beyond narrow AI by enabling dynamic adaptation and reasoning across diverse, complex environments, rather than relying on static, rules-based scripts.

- Official technology site: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_architecture
- Public AI Tinkerers demos and talks: 1
- Result page: 1 of 1

## Recent Public Talks and Demos

### [Cognitive Architectures -- A principled way to build agents](https://singapore.aitinkerers.org/talks/rsvp_9GgmNHjgPsk)

In the quest to build artificial intelligence, could understanding natural intelligence help? Cognitive architectures is the field of understanding and implementing the various building blocks of intelligence in cognitive science, offering a principled way to build agents. In this demo, I'll show some basic blocks that I've built and assembled into a coding agent.

- Event context: AI Tinkerers Singapore: 4th Meetup - January 10th, 2025 — 2025-01-10 — Singapore
- Public talk page: https://singapore.aitinkerers.org/talks/rsvp_9GgmNHjgPsk

## Related Technologies

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