The move to analogies as teaching methods is a major step in “cognitive computing,” which allows computers to learn and even reprogram themselves. Cognitive computing is the big evolutionary step to ...

Northwestern Engineering’s Ken Forbus is closing the gap between humans and machines. Using cognitive science theories, Forbus and his collaborators have developed a model that could give computers ...

Using the power of analogy, a new structure-mapping engine gives computers the ability to reason like humans and even solve moral dilemmas. Northwestern University's Ken Forbus is closing the gap ...