Is it possible to model human thought in a format that makes it accessible for a computer?
Today, natural language and its artifacts, such as books (aka corpora), are likely the best model of human thought we have available. Also today, we can see modern dialog systems using a kind of abstraction in the form of intents in order to maintain state, or coherence within natural language dialog. Chances are that knowledge representation in the human mind is in some form visual, if not holographic. I believe, there will eventually be a confluence of brain scanning technologies with state of the art artificial intelligence that will lead to as yet unforeseen breakthroughs. In the meantime, you may wish to look into some of the tools available for attempting to (visually) represent knowledge and its relations, as well as some of my own work in trying to bridge the gaps in rudimentary ways.
- Concept map – A concept map or conceptual diagram is a diagram that depicts suggested relationships between concepts.
- Mind map – A mind map is a diagram used to visually organize information.
- Topic Maps – Topic Maps is a standard for the representation and interchange of knowledge, with an emphasis on the findability of information.
See also my Quora answers to:
- What is the difference between HTML sitemaps and XML sitemaps?
- What are some really interesting web crawling projects?
- Is there any online/offline mindmapping program with relational data, any media, ease of use, and beautiful interface?
- How would you use a MindMapping tool like xmind/Mindjet Mindmanager to look at your data?
- Does software exist that can scrape text and generate an interactive mind-map?