Re: Marvin and The Emotion Machine [WAS Re: [agi] A question on the symbol-system hypothesis]

2006-12-14 Thread Ricardo Barreira
On 12/13/06, Philip Goetz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 12/5/06, BillK [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It is a little annoying that he doesn't mention Damasio at all, when Damasio has been pushing this same thesis for nearly 20 years, and even popularized it in Descartes' Error. (Disclaimer: I didn't

Re: Marvin and The Emotion Machine [WAS Re: [agi] A question on the symbol-system hypothesis]

2006-12-13 Thread Philip Goetz
On 12/5/06, BillK [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The good news is that Minsky appears to be making the book available online at present on his web site. *Download quick!* http://web.media.mit.edu/~minsky/ See under publications, chapters 1 to 9. The Emotion Machine 9/6/2006( 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Re: Marvin and The Emotion Machine [WAS Re: [agi] A question on the symbol-system hypothesis]

2006-12-05 Thread BillK
On 12/5/06, Richard Loosemore wrote: There are so few people who speak up against the conventional attitude to the [rational AI/irrational humans] idea, it is such a relief to hear any of them speak out. I don't know yet if I buy everything Minsky says, but I know I agree with the spirit of