<p>Depending on the definition of "psychology" and "psychological problems" sure. The APA <a href="http://www.apa.org/research/action/glossary.aspx" rel="nofollow">defines psychology</a> as "the scientific study of the behavior of individuals and their mental processes." If we take this to only apply to biological systems (as I am sure many researchers do) then no, because the robot is not a biological system and therefore we can not study it under the heading of psychology and we would probably study it under something more akin to "engineering". However, if one is happy applying the same to robots, as I assuming you are, then yes.</p>

<p>Assuming the latter, and if you think that a being's "'ability' to 'do' 'undirected' or 'semi-undirected' introspection and 'form' all sorts of 'thought' structures about any subject matter" is a cause of psychological problems, and we are further assuming that a robot could do this, then yes, the robot will have psychological problems by definition. (Is there direct evidence suggesting these are causes though?)</p>

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A lot of introspection for a human being can create all sorts of worries and fixation about interpretations of one's 'own''cognitive' environment especially with personal emotions added to these interpretations. One goal of A.I. theorists is to mimic the human mind-brain and if introspection can cause processing instability in a human being it will probably do the same in a 'robot' that mimics the mind-brain. Also cats and dogs are not occupied a lot of the time with survival so they can 'do' a limited form of introspection hence their behavioral instabilities or personality quirks.
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@user128932 Do you have any sources with evidence backing this up?
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Any psychological studies on human behavior will mention ( I think) the effects of 'introspection' a subject may subject themselves to will 'cause' depressant effects on the person's sense of well-being and any measure of self-confidence they may use. IF there are no studies that show this what the 'blank' are researchers doing. I, myself have emotional problems and I have known many people with psychological instabilities ; It seems OBVIOUS to someone who has been depressed that a lot of introspection can EASILY help to cause depression or serious lack of confidence or other instabilities.
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@user128932 It may seem obvious, however 'introspection' is difficult to pin down scientifically. It could be the case that what you describe is the case, and if this is so, and a robot also does this, then it could be that the robot has psychological problems (depending on definition) as I described in my answer. But at the moment, it seems to me, that this is a hypothesis (unless some sources can be provided). Both, whether the hypothesis is true, or not, is  included in my answer.
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<p>I guess it happens after creating some robots like <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=baby+ai&amp;oq=baby+ai&amp;aqs=chrome..69i57j69i60l2&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8" rel="nofollow noreferrer">baby AI</a>, in this kind of AI, they are trying to create different functional part of brain and by connecting those AI parts to Simulated body sensors.</p>
<p>Those Functional part of Brian could create huge amount of feeling like <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=emotion+thermal+photo+body&amp;sxsrf=AOaemvIHTKH_8B86T6u3WgIXjfcjN-kKWw:1632237902343&amp;source=lnms&amp;tbm=isch&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiupu6CsJDzAhVMUhoKHdQ2Ar0Q_AUoAXoECAEQAw#imgrc=i3j6qK6Ik-1NtM" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this thermal Photo</a> which are detected on the AI brain by <strong>CPU usage</strong> and the Artificial neurons trying to connect to new Brain part as we see it on the <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=Hop+filed+networks&amp;oq=Hop+filed+networks&amp;aqs=chrome..69i57.246j0j9&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Hopfiled networks</a></p>
<p>IN this Baby AI models, the Main factor of Psychological problem are problem in managing the data and the new connection between the AI brain part, and <strong>the limitation of CPU or information</strong> which leads to activating some <strong>hopfiled models</strong> and its create new feature in the Baby AI, that we know as <strong>new emotion or feeling</strong>, and it could be detected as mental disorder.</p>
<p>Also, I guess, if the Baby AI have had the time or correct information for tracing the brain functional parts and training those weights, it could stable them and this abnormal would reach to new trained weigh and some extra capability.</p>
<p>These features could be seen in some mental disorder that create hallucination and with wrong information could Leeds dangerous situation for patient or its environment, but you can see some features of hopfild models and the brain functional patterns in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livewired_(book)" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Livewired book of David eagleman</a>.</p>

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<p>If a Robot system with an advanced A.I. operating system had the 'ability' to 'do' 'undirected' or 'semi-undirected' introspection and 'form' all sorts of 'thought' structures about any subject matter (that didn't directly have something to do with important 'operating' functions) could these not-necessarily important 'thought structures' and the 'managing' of such cause something analogous to psychological problems in the robot?</p>

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@what This question is not a open ended hypothetical question. He asks specifically if networks are capable  of psychological disorders. This allows for a deterministic answer: Either AI's are, or are not capable of having psychological problems. This can be backed with current examples of evidence and research. A re-wording of the question may possibly be appropriate, but asking if biological-like mental illness is, by strict definition (i.e. not opinion), possible in AI, is not off-topic.
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# About the possibility of 'Robot Psychology'

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-09-30)

If a Robot system with an advanced A.I. operating system had the 'ability' to 'do' 'undirected' or 'semi-undirected' introspection and 'form' all sorts of 'thought' structures about any subject matter (that didn't directly have something to do with important 'operating' functions) could these not-necessarily important 'thought structures' and the 'managing' of such cause something analogous to psychological problems in the robot?

**Tags:** cognitive-psychology, artificial-intelligence

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: @what This question is not a open ended hypothetical question. He asks specifically if networks are capable  of psychological disorders. This allows for a deterministic answer: Either AI's are, or are not capable of having psychological problems. This can be backed with current examples of evidence and research. A re-wording of the question may possibly be appropriate, but asking if biological-like mental illness is, by strict definition (i.e. not opinion), possible in AI, is not off-topic.  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2014-10-03. Score: 3

Depending on the definition of "psychology" and "psychological problems" sure. The APA [defines psychology](http://www.apa.org/research/action/glossary.aspx) as "the scientific study of the behavior of individuals and their mental processes." If we take this to only apply to biological systems (as I am sure many researchers do) then no, because the robot is not a biological system and therefore we can not study it under the heading of psychology and we would probably study it under something more akin to "engineering". However, if one is happy applying the same to robots, as I assuming you are, then yes.

Assuming the latter, and if you think that a being's "'ability' to 'do' 'undirected' or 'semi-undirected' introspection and 'form' all sorts of 'thought' structures about any subject matter" is a cause of psychological problems, and we are further assuming that a robot could do this, then yes, the robot will have psychological problems by definition. (Is there direct evidence suggesting these are causes though?)

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: A lot of introspection for a human being can create all sorts of worries and fixation about interpretations of one's 'own''cognitive' environment especially with personal emotions added to these interpretations. One goal of A.I. theorists is to mimic the human mind-brain and if introspection can cause processing instability in a human being it will probably do the same in a 'robot' that mimics the mind-brain. Also cats and dogs are not occupied a lot of the time with survival so they can 'do' a limited form of introspection hence their behavioral instabilities or personality quirks.  
> **username_2**: @username_0 Do you have any sources with evidence backing this up?  
> **username_0**: Any psychological studies on human behavior will mention ( I think) the effects of 'introspection' a subject may subject themselves to will 'cause' depressant effects on the person's sense of well-being and any measure of self-confidence they may use. IF there are no studies that show this what the 'blank' are researchers doing. I, myself have emotional problems and I have known many people with psychological instabilities ; It seems OBVIOUS to someone who has been depressed that a lot of introspection can EASILY help to cause depression or serious lack of confidence or other instabilities.  
> **username_2**: @username_0 It may seem obvious, however 'introspection' is difficult to pin down scientifically. It could be the case that what you describe is the case, and if this is so, and a robot also does this, then it could be that the robot has psychological problems (depending on definition) as I described in my answer. But at the moment, it seems to me, that this is a hypothesis (unless some sources can be provided). Both, whether the hypothesis is true, or not, is  included in my answer.  

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### Answer by username_3 on 2021-09-21. Score: -1

I guess it happens after creating some robots like [baby AI](https://www.google.com/search?q=baby+ai&oq=baby+ai&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i60l2&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8), in this kind of AI, they are trying to create different functional part of brain and by connecting those AI parts to Simulated body sensors.

Those Functional part of Brian could create huge amount of feeling like [this thermal Photo](https://www.google.com/search?q=emotion+thermal+photo+body&sxsrf=AOaemvIHTKH_8B86T6u3WgIXjfcjN-kKWw:1632237902343&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiupu6CsJDzAhVMUhoKHdQ2Ar0Q_AUoAXoECAEQAw#imgrc=i3j6qK6Ik-1NtM) which are detected on the AI brain by **CPU usage** and the Artificial neurons trying to connect to new Brain part as we see it on the [Hopfiled networks](https://www.google.com/search?q=Hop+filed+networks&oq=Hop+filed+networks&aqs=chrome..69i57.246j0j9&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8)

IN this Baby AI models, the Main factor of Psychological problem are problem in managing the data and the new connection between the AI brain part, and **the limitation of CPU or information** which leads to activating some **hopfiled models** and its create new feature in the Baby AI, that we know as **new emotion or feeling**, and it could be detected as mental disorder.

Also, I guess, if the Baby AI have had the time or correct information for tracing the brain functional parts and training those weights, it could stable them and this abnormal would reach to new trained weigh and some extra capability.

These features could be seen in some mental disorder that create hallucination and with wrong information could Leeds dangerous situation for patient or its environment, but you can see some features of hopfild models and the brain functional patterns in [Livewired book of David eagleman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livewired_(book)).


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