There are further philosophical and practical implications of the mobile computing revolution - in which mobile computing is taking over from static desk computing.
Present AGI-ers, who haven't advanced much beyond mainframe computing in their thinking, still see language and intelligence as largely brain-in-a-box affairs. A disembodied and disembedded brain in a box processes logical propositions about the world. Database dinosaurs like Jim still think this approach can yield results. But increasingly, mobile devices are there to turn words into actions (not just provide information): http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/aug/01/google-unveils-motorola-self-driving-smartphone They enable us to see that language (and indeed thought generally) are primarily and continuously about turning words into actions, via physical enaction and simulation. Words without actions - information processors without action processors - are "just words", "empty words." ------------------------------------------- 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
