Bob Mottram wrote:
On 01/05/07, Mike Tintner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
There is no choice about all this. You do not have an option to have a
pure
language AGI - if you wish any brain to understand the world, and draw
further connections about the world, it HAS to operate with graphics and
images. Period.
Mike,
I think the big problem here is that you are overstating your case, and
perhaps not appreciating that one part of your argument has already been
addressed, hashed out, quarelled over and beaten to death in the
cognitive psychology literature: the "Imagery Debate" that played out
between Kosslyn and Pylyshyn (et al) back in the 80s.
The conclusion of that debate was that (a) images definitely play a role
in intelligence, and (b) non-imagistic (propositional) entities also
definitely play a role in intelligence, and (c) it is difficult to be
sure whether there are two separate kinds of representation or one kind
that can have two aspects. In the end, the debate fizzled out because
it just became a pointless argument.
Sadly, I think the present debate on this list is not bringing any new
ideas to the table.
Richard Loosemore
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