MT said, "Creativity does indeed involve a) the incorporation of, and b) adaptation, to **new elements**. And it is in no way a mechanical problem for a robot – it is merely impossible for a standalone computer." ---------------------------
When a person talks about AGI he is not talking about a "standalone computer" algorithm, he is talking about a computer program that is responding to Input and is able to produce some kind of Output. The computer that controls a robot is not a different kind of thing than a desktop computer in the essential nature that they only respond to ***DATA***. I do believe that IO Data Environment has to have a certain range of kinds of data 'objects' which exhibit certain kinds of relations to allow true AGI to emerge, but that is not limited to the robotic IO world. The notion that there is something so different about a robot that it would literally enable general intelligence which would otherwise be *completely impossible* for a computer (that is not controlling a robot) is just not borne of an insightful understanding of what a computer is or how it works. Yes, an AGI program has to have some sort of Input-Output and it has to react to the things that happen in the IO Data environment. It also has to react creatively. But the idea that an AGI program would *only* work if it is attached to a robot is not based on sound reasoning and it is not based on actual experimentation. Robotic AI/AGI has not advanced any further and it is not advancing any faster than other forms of AI/AGI research. The theory that AGI can only work if it is a part of a robot has no basis in actual experimentation and it is not based on a well reasoned insight into the essential nature of how a computer works. Jim Bromer ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-c97d2393 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-2484a968 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
