Cognitive Psychology: A Solution to the Black Box Problemin Artificial Intelligence (AI) - Analysis with Respect to the Tamil Film ‘Enthiran’

Abstract

Psychology is generally called the study of the human mind and has many aspects to it including the developments we undertake in technology with the aid of the subject. Artificial intelligenceis the representation of the human mind and we have created artificially intelligentrobots as an incarnation of the human mind that modern humans do not take the effort to use their minds for most of the work. Rightly so, they are called the counterpart of humans. Though artificially intelligent beings lack emotional intelligence that humans have, they are made with the maximum possibility to mutate and adapt themselves into human society. Artificial intelligence is now capable of taking decisions and portraying emotions that have consequences to human beings due to the significance of their relationship in today’s world.To arrive at such decision making, some areas of cognitive psychology like learning and memory, social cognition, complex attention and problem-solving abilities can be used. The use of such areas of cognitive psychology can be appliedtoDirector Shankar’s famous Tamil film ‘Enthiran’.The film portrays the introduction of a robot developed by a scientist and its integration withsapiens as it develops its personality gradually. This paper attempts to study the use of the above-mentioned cognitive areas in pursuing a solution to the black box problem in artificial intelligence.