On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 11:29 AM, Mike Tintner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ben/Joshua: > > How do you think the AI and AGI fields relate to the embodied & grounded > cognition movements in cog. sci? My impression is that the majority of > people here (excluding you) still have only limited awareness of them - & > are still operating in total & totally doomed defiance of their findings:
My opinion is that the majority of people here are aware of these ideas, and consider them unproven speculations not agreeing with their own intuition ;-) > "Grounded cognition rejects traditional views that cognition is computation > on amodal symbols in a modular system, independent of > the brain's modal systems for perception, action, and introspection. > Instead, grounded cognition proposes that modal simulations, > bodily states, and situated action underlie cognition." Barsalou > > Grounded cognition here obviously means not just pointing at things, but > that all traditional rational operations are, and have to be, supported by > image-inative simulation in any form of general intelligence. I wouldn't agree with such a strong statement. I think the grounding of ratiocination in image-ination is characteristic of human intelligence, and must thus be characteristic of any highly human-like intelligent system ... but, I don't see any reason to believe it's the ONLY path. The minds we know or can imagine, almost surely constitute a teeny-tiny little backwater of the overall space of possible minds ;-) -- Ben G ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: http://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=101455710-f059c4 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
