The Cluster of Excellence RAI under the leadership of the Technical University of Darmstadt is dedicated to the development of a new generation of AI systems based on the rational use of resources, data protection and continuous improvement. With four research areas, multidisciplinary teams are working on shaping the future of AI. Over the past decade, deep learning has enabled significant advances in artificial intelligence. Nevertheless, current AI systems have weaknesses, including a lack of logical reasoning, difficulties in dealing with new situations and the need for continuous adaptation. Last but not least, current AI systems require extensive resources. The Cluster of Excellence project “Reasonable Artificial Intelligence” therefore aims to develop the next generation of AI, “Reasonable Artificial Intelligence” (RAI).

Researchers from the Centre for Cognitive Science at TU Darmstadt, among others, are contributing their expertise in the fields of cognitive science and artificial intelligence to this research cluster under the leadership of the University of Giessen. “The Adaptive Mind” investigates human behavior under changing external conditions – in some situations, people react through stability, in others through adaptation. A central question in the cluster is the balance between these strategies in the context of adaptive and learning systems. It is also about new approaches to understanding and computationally modeling human perception, thinking, decision-making, action and learning. The topic is relevant in many sciences – in the cognitive and neurosciences, in psychology, in learning robots or in the training of neural networks.