It is a little difficult for me to answer this question so I will start with one part before I forget. I had to look up sign (linguistics) and agent (linguistics) to get some idea about what he was talking about. I would say that my approach is (or would be/will be) both. In reading about signs I noticed that the idea of the referent is considered to be distinct from the idea of the signified. When I refer to a referent I am referring to a real world thing or event or a mental idea. I believe that the one thing that is missing in modern AI Linguistics is a way to follow what is being referred to. It probably is just too complicated for a computer program to figure out efficiently. My gmail is malfunctioning so I will try to continue this later. Jim Bromer
On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 1:09 PM, Piaget Modeler <[email protected]>wrote: > Steve and Jim, > > Kindly respond... > > ------------------------------ > Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2013 09:34:07 +0100 > Subject: Re: FW: [agi] Steve's placement/payload theory of language > > From: Roland Hausser > To: [email protected] > > > Hello Michael, > > Thank you very much for your email. I read > > the comments by Jim Bromer and Steve Richfield > with great interest. They lead me to the > following questions: > > * Are their respective approaches sign-oriented > or agent-oriented? > > * What do they think about defining basic concepts > as types of the recognition and action procedures > of an agent? > > * How about reusing these basic concepts as the > literal meanings of a language? > > Happy Easter to you! > > Looking forward to be reading from you, > > Best regards, > > Roland Hausser > > *AGI* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/10561250-470149cf> | > Modify<https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;>Your Subscription > <http://www.listbox.com> > ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
