Possibilities of Modeling the Mental Apparatus Based on the Psychoanalytic Approach

The author conducted a meta-analysis of the contemporary scientific literature on modelling the psychic apparatus and related problems, such as the creation of artificial intelligence, and researched the current attempts to address these issues. A range of sources in the area of modelling the psychic apparatus and creation of artificial intelligence were used to study the possible application of the psychoanalytic approach to the contemporary solutions in these fields and the benefits of such an approach for these solutions. Some concepts of the psychoanalytic approach are employed (although on a superficial level) in the BDI and LIDA projects, such as 'desires' in the BDI architecture or 'drives' in LIDA. Certain psychological ideas are used in the Psi, MicroPsi, and MicroPsi 2 projects ('emotions', 'motivation', 'cognition'). The psychoanalytic approach forms the base of the SiMA (formerly ARS-PA) architecture and is highly congruent with the theoretical basis of the project. Its authors have accomplished a tremendous amount of work to create an engineering model representing a psychoanalytic view of the psychic apparatus. In SiMA, the use of the psychoanalytic approach let to the creation of at least five effective mechanisms: — combining symbols into images — pre-evaluation of emotion-based scenarios — separation of decision making into reactive, routine, and reflexive — three levels of consciousness — protective mechanisms that resolve conflicts between the contradictory inner drives, internalised rules, external perception of the environment, and reality In contrast to models founded on psychological theories, simulations of models based on psychoanalytic approaches can be run in experimental environments with a significantly simplified internal structure as psychoanalysis studies the inner human motivation rather than the external behaviour. This means that a psychoanalytic model does not require a simulation identical to the studied phenomenon, but only a functionally homologous one. Thus, the author identified significant benefits of the psychoanalytic approach in addressing the issue of modelling the human psyche and the related problem of constructing artificial intelligence. Simulation of the psychic apparatus with an architecture based on the psychoanalytic approach has substantial prospects in the development of psychoanalysis as it creates a new tool for conducting research and validating or refuting hypotheses. A computer model can be easily modified and its internal state changed or reset, thus allowing any of its components to be completely or partially disabled or unlinked. Such a computer model built on the psychoanalytic approach can clarify and develop the model and understanding of the human mind in general. In addition, the emergence of artificial intelligence that possesses 'humanity' will allow not only single experiments but also mass simulations, which will open up new areas of testing psychoanalytic hypotheses on the group and organisation-wide scale. To learn more, please visit https://psychoanalyticapproachinartificialintelligence.ru/