> I think my position is similar to Ben's; it's not really what you > ground things in, but rather that you don't expose your limited > little computer brain to an environment that is too complex -- > at least not to start with. Language, even reasonably simple > context free languages, could well be too rich for a baby AI. > Trying to process 3D input is far too complex. Better then to > start with something simple like 2D pixel patterns as Ben suggests. > The A2I2 project by Peter Voss is taking a similar approach. > > Once very simple concepts and relations have been formed at this > level then I would expect an AI to be better able to start dealing > with richer things like basic language using what it learned > previously as a starting point. For example, relating simple > patterns of language that have an immediate and direct relation > to the visual environment to start with and slowly building up > from there. > > Shane
As Shane and I know, but everyone on this list may not to I'll say it anyway, Peter Voss and I discussed this a fair bit before he started the A2I2 project.... I think we each influenced each others' ideas about AI teaching/training a bit, although we came into the dialogue with some fairly similar ideas on the topic in the first place. The big differences between the A2I2 approach and the Novamente approach are: 1) A2I2 is much closer to a neural net approach [involving neural-gas like stuff, and other NN methods as well, some of them innovative], whereas Novamente occupies a middle ground between subsymbolic & symbolic approaches 2) In the A2I2 project, they're starting off right away with trying to teach the system based on perceptual-motor experience in a simple 2D domain. In Novamente, we are deferring this until we have our (more complex) cognitive infrastructure more fully implemented and tested. [Although, in fact, Tony Lofthouse is coding up a simple 2D training-world right now, just to test some of the current Novamente cognitive functions in isolation, even though the system is not yet ready for real experiential learning] -- Ben G ------- To unsubscribe, change your address, or temporarily deactivate your subscription, please go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?[EMAIL PROTECTED]
