Projektbeschreibung
Verknüpfung von automatisierter Beweisführung und maschinellem Lernen für eine robustere KI
Im Bereich der künstlichen Intelligenz (KI) und der Automatisierung des Denkens ist die automatisierte Beweisführung für Theoreme in großen und komplexen Theorien äußerst schwierig. Das vom Europäischen Forschungsrat finanzierte Projekt AI4REASON zielt darauf ab, eine Lösung für dieses sehr komplizierte Problem zu finden, indem neuartige KI-Methoden ausgearbeitet werden. Zu diesem Zweck werden zunächst geeignete Verfahren für die automatische Beweisführung und maschinelles Lernen entwickelt. Das Projekt wird dann diese Methoden mit unabhängigen, sich selbst verbessernden KI-Systemen verbinden, die Schlussfolgerungen und Lernen in positiven Rückkopplungsschleifen einbeziehen. Abschließend werden Ansätze vorgestellt, die das Wissen über Schlussfolgerungen über viele formale, halbformale und informelle Korpora hinweg akkumulieren.
Ziel
The goal of the AI4REASON project is a breakthrough in what is considered a very hard problem in AI and automation of reasoning, namely the problem of automatically proving theorems in large and complex theories. Such complex formal theories arise in projects aimed at verification of today's advanced mathematics such as the Formal Proof of the Kepler Conjecture (Flyspeck), verification of software and hardware designs such as the seL4 operating system kernel, and verification of other advanced systems and technologies on which today's information society critically depends.
It seems extremely complex and unlikely to design an explicitly programmed solution to the problem. However, we have recently demonstrated that the performance of existing approaches can be multiplied by data-driven AI methods that learn reasoning guidance from large proof corpora. The breakthrough will be achieved by developing such novel AI methods. First, we will devise suitable Automated Reasoning and Machine Learning methods that learn reasoning knowledge and steer the reasoning processes at various levels of granularity. Second, we will combine them into autonomous self-improving AI systems that interleave deduction and learning in positive feedback loops. Third, we will develop approaches that aggregate reasoning knowledge across many formal, semi-formal and informal corpora and deploy the methods as strong automation services for the formal proof community.
The expected outcome is our ability to prove automatically at least 50% more theorems in high-assurance projects such as Flyspeck and seL4, bringing a major breakthrough in formal reasoning and verification. As an AI effort, the project offers a unique path to large-scale semantic AI. The formal corpora concentrate centuries of deep human thinking in a computer-understandable form on which deductive and inductive AI can be combined and co-evolved, providing new insights into how humans do mathematics and science.
Wissenschaftliches Gebiet
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftwaresoftware applicationssystem softwareoperating systems
- social sciencessociologyindustrial relationsautomation
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesartificial intelligencemachine learningdeep learning
- natural sciencesmathematics
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesartificial intelligencecomputational intelligence
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Finanzierungsplan
ERC-COG - Consolidator GrantGastgebende Einrichtung
160 00 Praha
Tschechien