> > > > It's an interesting idea, to raise Novababy knowing that it can adopt > different "bodies" at will. Clearly this will lead to a rather different > psychology than we see among humans --- making the in-advance design of > educational environments particularly tricky!!
First of all, please read Diaspora by Greg Egan. As a SF author, he excels in his informed approach to AI design, philosophy, and neuroscience. This book touches on this topic(AI's designed for multiple bodies) very directly. This VR training room initially seemed like a great idea to me, but on consideration, I'm not so certain it's worth the trouble. First of all, you are reducing the complexity of the environment by orders of magnitude. One could argue that it is a baby's physical interation with the world is the cornerstone on which all future intelligence resides. Now you've made pains to point out that you're not trying to recreate people, but intelligence. However, a Novamente grounded in a different reality will be difficult for people to interact with. So here are two possible issues: the VR world might actually slow down the intellectual growth of the Nova Baby. And even when intelligent, it will be more alien from us than it needs to be. A second point about this plan is that you are creating extra work for yourself both in designing a VR training paradigm, and then in bridging the gap from VR to the real world, which would be no picnic. So there are some possible negatives, the positives you've already listed. If this course is decided upon, consider giving the Novamente an ability to sense objects in their native format (sprites in 3d coordinates). If your intent is to simplify the world, don't add in the fuzz of the artificial visual input, which is often flawed (e.g. clipping errors). Give the Novababy access to the underlying framework of the world or it will be eternally confused as it tries to figure out why it can walk through trees, or why Mr. Smith's left toes are inside its own foot. -Brad ------- To unsubscribe, change your address, or temporarily deactivate your subscription, please go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
