<s>
Artificial	B-Application
imagination	I-Application
,	O
also	O
called	O
synthetic	O
imagination	O
or	O
machine	B-Application
imagination	I-Application
,	O
is	O
defined	O
as	O
the	O
artificial	O
simulation	O
of	O
human	O
imagination	O
by	O
general	O
or	O
special	O
purpose	O
computers	O
or	O
artificial	B-Architecture
neural	I-Architecture
networks	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
applied	O
form	O
of	O
it	O
is	O
known	O
as	O
media	B-General_Concept
synthesis	I-General_Concept
or	O
synthetic	B-General_Concept
media	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
term	O
artificial	B-Application
imagination	I-Application
is	O
also	O
used	O
to	O
describe	O
a	O
property	O
of	O
machines	O
or	O
programs	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Artificial	B-Application
imagination	I-Application
research	O
uses	O
tools	O
and	O
insights	O
from	O
many	O
fields	O
,	O
including	O
computer	B-General_Concept
science	I-General_Concept
,	O
rhetoric	O
,	O
psychology	O
,	O
creative	O
arts	O
,	O
philosophy	O
,	O
neuroscience	O
,	O
affective	O
computing	O
,	O
Artificial	B-Application
Intelligence	I-Application
,	O
cognitive	O
science	O
,	O
linguistics	O
,	O
operations	O
research	O
,	O
creative	O
writing	O
,	O
probability	O
and	O
logic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Practitioners	O
in	O
the	O
field	O
are	O
researching	O
various	O
aspects	O
of	O
Artificial	B-Application
imagination	I-Application
,	O
such	O
as	O
Artificial	O
(	O
visual	O
)	O
imagination	O
,	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
articles	O
on	O
the	O
topic	O
speculate	O
on	O
how	O
artificial	B-Application
imagination	I-Application
may	O
evolve	O
to	O
create	O
an	O
artificial	O
world	O
"	O
people	O
may	O
be	O
comfortable	O
enough	O
to	O
escape	O
from	O
the	O
real	O
world	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
researchers	O
such	O
as	O
G	O
.	O
Schleis	O
and	O
M	O
.	O
Rizki	O
have	O
focused	O
on	O
using	O
artificial	B-Architecture
neural	I-Architecture
networks	I-Architecture
to	O
simulate	O
artificial	B-Application
imagination	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
topic	O
of	O
artificial	B-Application
imagination	I-Application
has	O
garnered	O
interest	O
from	O
scholars	O
outside	O
the	O
computer	B-General_Concept
science	I-General_Concept
domain	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
noted	O
communications	O
scholar	O
Ernest	O
Bormann	O
,	O
who	O
came	O
up	O
with	O
the	O
Symbolic	O
Convergence	O
Theory	O
and	O
worked	O
on	O
a	O
project	O
to	O
develop	O
artificial	B-Application
imagination	I-Application
in	O
computer	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
interdisciplinary	O
research	O
seminar	O
organized	O
by	O
the	O
artist	O
Grégory	O
Chatonsky	O
on	O
artificial	B-Application
imagination	I-Application
and	O
postdigital	O
art	O
has	O
taken	O
place	O
since	O
2017	O
at	O
the	O
Ecole	O
Normale	O
Supérieure	O
in	O
Paris	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
How	O
to	O
Build	O
a	O
Mind	O
:	O
Toward	O
Machines	O
with	O
Imagination	O
by	O
Igor	O
Aleksander	O
is	O
an	O
academic	O
book	O
on	O
the	O
topic	O
;	O
Artificial	B-Application
Imagination	I-Application
,	O
a	O
roman	O
à	O
clef	O
,	O
a	O
non-academic	O
book	O
supposedly	O
written	O
by	O
an	O
Artificial	B-Application
imagination	I-Application
system	O
named	O
Kalpanik	O
S	O
.	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
the	O
"	O
Center	O
of	O
Artificial	B-Application
Imagination	I-Application
,	O
Inc.	O
"	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
known	O
use	O
of	O
this	O
term	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
typical	O
application	O
of	O
artificial	B-Application
imagination	I-Application
is	O
for	O
an	O
interactive	O
search	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Artificial	B-Application
imagination	I-Application
allows	O
us	O
to	O
synthesize	O
images	O
and	O
to	O
develop	O
a	O
new	O
image	O
,	O
whether	O
it	O
is	O
in	O
the	O
database	O
,	O
regardless	O
its	O
existence	O
in	O
the	O
real	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
this	O
process	O
,	O
artificial	B-Application
imagination	I-Application
is	O
used	O
to	O
synthesize	O
the	O
selected	O
images	O
and	O
to	O
improve	O
the	O
searching	O
result	O
with	O
additional	O
relevant	O
synthesized	O
images	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
technique	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
several	O
algorithms	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
Rocchio	B-Algorithm
algorithm	I-Algorithm
and	O
the	O
evolutionary	B-Algorithm
algorithm	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Rocchio	B-Algorithm
algorithm	I-Algorithm
,	O
locating	O
a	O
query	O
point	O
near	O
relevant	O
examples	O
and	O
far	O
away	O
from	O
irrelevant	O
examples	O
,	O
is	O
simple	O
and	O
works	O
well	O
in	O
a	O
small	O
system	O
where	O
the	O
databases	O
are	O
arranged	O
in	O
certain	O
ranks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Artificial	B-Application
imagination	I-Application
has	O
a	O
more	O
general	O
definition	O
and	O
wide	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
traditional	O
fields	O
of	O
artificial	B-Application
imagination	I-Application
include	O
visual	O
imagination	O
and	O
aural	O
imagination	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thus	O
,	O
artificial	B-Application
imagination	I-Application
means	O
more	O
than	O
only	O
generating	O
graphs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
moral	O
imagination	O
is	O
an	O
important	O
research	O
subfield	O
of	O
artificial	B-Application
imagination	I-Application
,	O
although	O
classification	O
of	O
artificial	B-Application
imagination	I-Application
is	O
difficult	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Morals	O
are	O
an	O
important	O
part	O
to	O
human	O
beings	O
 '	O
logic	O
,	O
while	O
artificial	O
morals	O
are	O
important	O
in	O
artificial	B-Application
imagination	I-Application
and	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
A	O
common	O
criticism	O
of	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
is	O
whether	O
human	O
beings	O
should	O
take	O
responsibility	O
for	O
machines	O
‘	O
mistakes	O
or	O
decisions	O
and	O
how	O
to	O
develop	O
well-behaved	O
machines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Memory	O
is	O
another	O
major	O
field	O
of	O
artificial	B-Application
imagination	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
this	O
field	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
brains	O
 '	O
biological	O
structures	O
,	O
extensive	O
research	O
on	O
neuroscience	O
has	O
also	O
been	O
performed	O
,	O
which	O
makes	O
it	O
a	O
large	O
intersection	O
between	O
biology	O
and	O
computer	B-General_Concept
science	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
