> > Well, this appears to be the order we're going to do for the Novamente
> > project -- in spite of my feeling that this isn't ideal -- simply due
> > to the way the project is developing via commercial applications of the
> > half-completed system.  And, it seems likely that the initial
> > partially grounded experience will largely be in the domain of
> > molecular biology... at least, that's a lot of what our Novamente code
> > is "thinking" about these days...
>
> The order might be the same but I don't think the initial content will be
> right - unless you intend to that a conscious Novababy is born into a
> molecular biology world/sandbox!

That may well be the case... a robotized bio lab as an AGI playroom... we'll
see!

> What were imagining the Novababy's firs simulated or real world would
> be?  A world with a blue square and a sim-self with certain senses and
> actuators?  Or whatever.  Then that is the world I think you'll need to
> help the Novababy understand bu giving it ready-made rules of thumb
> for interpreting the data generated in that precise world.

I think that in an environment in which the system has decent sensors and
actuators, no pre-specified rules of thumb will be needed (though some
perceptual preprocessing routines will be needed, just as the human visual
and acoustic cortex supply ...).  Pre-specified rules are useful for domains
where the system's ability to perceive and act are more limited.

> I'd
> be inclined
> to move on to a molecular biology world a little later in
> Novababy's life!

Well, we're already applying the incomplete AI system to molecular biology
in more limited, narrow-AI-ish ways, that was my point...

ben

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