Artificial Intelligence and a Sense of Time

Hi all,

I've been interested in pattern theory for a bit, and as far as I can tell it can be viewed as a framework for artificial intelligence. In Grenander's book "Calculus of Thoughts" David Mumford mentions that a major issue with pattern theory is the creation of generators and modalities of bonds.

For the bonds, has anyone tried basing their properties on a sense of time? I.e. in whatever environment a program is in, it would have a clock …

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