<s>
Artificial	B-General_Concept
psychology	I-General_Concept
(	O
AP	O
)	O
has	O
had	O
multiple	O
meanings	O
dating	O
back	O
to	O
19th	O
century	O
,	O
with	O
recent	O
usage	O
related	O
to	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
(	O
AI	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1999	O
,	O
Zhiliang	O
Wang	O
and	O
Lun	O
Xie	O
presented	O
a	O
theory	O
of	O
artificial	B-General_Concept
psychology	I-General_Concept
based	O
on	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
They	O
analyze	O
human	O
psychology	O
using	O
information	O
science	O
research	O
methods	O
and	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
research	I-Application
to	O
probe	O
deeper	O
into	O
the	O
human	O
mind	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
theory	O
considers	O
the	O
situation	O
when	O
an	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
approaches	O
the	O
level	O
of	O
complexity	O
where	O
the	O
intelligence	O
meets	O
two	O
conditions	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
C	O
:	O
The	B-Application
artificial	I-Application
intelligence	I-Application
is	O
capable	O
of	O
reprogramming	O
itself	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
new	O
data	O
,	O
allowing	O
it	O
to	O
evolve	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
this	O
point	O
,	O
the	O
criteria	O
are	O
met	O
for	O
intervention	O
which	O
will	O
not	O
necessarily	O
be	O
resolved	O
by	O
simple	O
re-coding	O
of	O
processes	O
due	O
to	O
extraordinarily	O
complex	O
nature	O
of	O
the	O
codebase	B-General_Concept
itself	O
;	O
but	O
rather	O
a	O
discussion	O
with	O
the	O
intelligence	O
in	O
a	O
format	O
which	O
more	O
closely	O
resembles	O
classical	O
(	O
human	O
)	O
psychology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
the	O
intelligence	O
cannot	O
be	O
reprogrammed	O
by	O
directly	O
inputting	O
new	O
code	O
,	O
but	O
requires	O
the	O
intelligence	O
to	O
reprogram	O
itself	O
through	O
a	O
process	O
of	O
analysis	O
and	O
decision	O
based	O
on	O
information	O
provided	O
by	O
a	O
human	O
,	O
in	O
order	O
for	O
it	O
to	O
overcome	O
behavior	O
which	O
is	O
inconsistent	O
with	O
the	O
machines	O
purpose	O
or	O
ability	O
to	O
function	O
normally	O
,	O
then	O
artificial	B-General_Concept
psychology	I-General_Concept
is	O
by	O
definition	O
,	O
what	O
is	O
required	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
theory	O
of	O
artificial	B-General_Concept
psychology	I-General_Concept
does	O
not	O
address	O
the	O
specifics	O
of	O
what	O
those	O
levels	O
may	O
be	O
,	O
but	O
only	O
that	O
the	O
level	O
is	O
sufficiently	O
complex	O
that	O
the	O
intelligence	O
cannot	O
simply	O
be	O
recoded	O
by	O
a	O
software	O
developer	O
,	O
and	O
therefore	O
dysfunctionality	O
must	O
be	O
addressed	O
through	O
the	O
same	O
processes	O
that	O
humans	O
must	O
go	O
through	O
to	O
address	O
their	O
own	O
dysfunctionalities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Along	O
the	O
same	O
lines	O
,	O
artificial	B-General_Concept
psychology	I-General_Concept
does	O
not	O
address	O
the	O
question	O
of	O
whether	O
or	O
not	O
the	O
intelligence	O
is	O
conscious	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2022	O
,	O
the	O
level	O
of	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
does	O
not	O
approach	O
any	O
threshold	O
where	O
any	O
of	O
the	O
theories	O
or	O
principles	O
of	O
artificial	B-General_Concept
psychology	I-General_Concept
can	O
even	O
be	O
tested	O
,	O
and	O
therefore	O
,	O
artificial	B-General_Concept
psychology	I-General_Concept
remains	O
a	O
largely	O
theoretical	O
discipline	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Even	O
at	O
a	O
theoretical	O
level	O
,	O
artificial	B-General_Concept
psychology	I-General_Concept
remains	O
an	O
advanced	O
stage	O
of	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
