On 29/01/2008, Mike Tintner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The latter. I'm arguing that a disembodied AGI has as much chance of getting > to know, understand and be intelligent about the world as Tommy - a deaf, > dumb and blind and generally sense-less kid, that's totally autistic, can't > play any physical game let alone a mean pin ball, and has a seriously > impaired sense of self , (what's the name for that condition?) - and all > that is even if the AGI *has* sensors. Think of a disembodied AGI as very > severely mentally and physically disabled from birth - you wouldn't do that > to a child, why do it to a computer? It might be able to spout an > encyclopaedia, show you a zillion photographs, and calculate a storm but it > wouldn't understand, or be able to imagine/ reimagine, anything.
How can you tell the difference between sensory input from a real environment and that from a virtual environment? -- Stathis Papaioannou ----- 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=4007604&id_secret=90867376-c56f6a
