> IMO language is integral to strong AI in the same way that logic is > integral to mathematics.
The counterargument is that no one has yet made an AI virtual chimp ... and nearly all of the human brain is the same as that of a chimp ... I think that language-centric approaches are viable, but I wouldn't dismiss sensorimotor-centric approaches to AGI either ... looking at evolutionary history, it seems that ONE way to achieve linguistic functionality is via some relatively minor tweaks on a prelinguistic mind tuned for flexible sensorimotor learning... (tho I don't believe this is the only way, unlike some) -- Ben ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=93270421-5eade1
