[agi] Tool for buildsing virtual worlds

2003-07-13 Thread Philip Sutton
Hi Ben, Have you come across Game Maker 5? Its a freeware program that can be used to create reasonably simple computer games, fast. See: www.gamemaker.nl It might be useful for very early stage virtual worlds where you don't need true 3D. Cheers, Philip --- To unsubscribe, change

RE: [agi] Educating Novababies

2003-07-13 Thread Ben Goertzel
Hi Ben, 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!! What do you see

Re: [agi] Educating Novababies

2003-07-13 Thread Simon McClenahan
From: Ben Goertzel [EMAIL PROTECTED] Human psychology is based largely on the self pattern. A human's self is very highly influenced by the fact that a human resides in a single body. No? A multibody mind is gonna have a very different self than a human being Clearly this will lead to

RE: [agi] Educating Novababies

2003-07-13 Thread Ben Goertzel
Actually, isn't the concept of self developed as a baby matures? For humans at least, there is a very strong bond between mother and child which is nurtured through nursing, playing, etc. When the mother leaves the room, the baby starts to cry because it thinks that part of itself is