>How does ANY brain acting as a pattern reservoir get filled?
No one fills/ places/ forces/ feeds/ writes information directly into a brain, the brain is presented with external patterns that represent information/ learning by other brains that triggers a similar scenario in the receiver’s brain. It’s the singular closed intelligence of the learning brain that makes sense of the information and creates its own internalised version for its own usage based on its own knowledge and experiences. When you talk to someone you are not imparting any kind of information, language is a common protocol designed to trigger the same/ similar mental model in the receiver, but it’s the receiver’s version of reality that comprises the information, not the senders. Take this post as an example; I’m trying to explain a concept in a manner that will enable your personal closed internal simulation of reality to recognise/ simulate the same/ similar concept, but you will be using your own knowledge and intelligence to grasp it… not mine. > Uhm... a "closed system" that views. Not closed then? Does any of the actual visual information you gather from viewing ever leave your closed system? You can convert it into a common protocol and describe it to another brain, but the actual visual information stays with you. A brain can’t learn anything without the innate intelligence to do so. :) ------------------------------------------ Artificial General Intelligence List: AGI Permalink: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/Taa86c5612b8739b7-Mebf2be0557ae3129c04da517 Delivery options: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription