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A Motivational System for Cognitive AI Joscha Bach Center for Integrative Life Sciences, Humboldt University of Berlin, Unter den Linden 6, 10099 Berlin, Germany joscha.bach@hu-berlin.de Abstract. General Intelligence is not only characterized by the general representation and (relatively) general problem solving capabilities, but also by general motivation. Here, I sketch a framework for an extensible motivational system for cognitive agents, based on research in psychology. It draws on a finite set of pre-defined drives, which relate to needs of the system. Goals are established through reinforcement learning by interacting with an environment. Keywords: Artificial General Intelligence, Cognitive AI, Synthetic Intelligence, Psi theory, Motivation, Motivational System, Cognitive Architectures. 1 Introduction: The Quest for General Intelligence AGI (Artificial General Intelligence , or research into “strong Artificial Intelligence”) as a discipline is fraught with difficulties. AI as a way of understanding and modeling the mind faces strong cultural opposition—many people, and even most scientists are deeply uncomfortable with treating the mind as an information processing machine (e.g., [1]). A large part of this opposition springs from a misunderstanding of the notion of machine, and the significance of computational models. These models constitute our best chance at understanding the mind and the nature of intelligence at all—and not because intelligence and mind constitute exceptions within the realm of nature. Natural sciences (unlike humanities) are largely concerned with the f