Ben,
I think there's a prior question to a Novamente learning how to
perceive/act through an agent in a simulated world.
I think the first issue is for Novamente to discover that, as an intrinsic
part of its nature, it can interact with the world via more than one agent
interface.
Biological
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!!
On the other hand, creating a