For the philosophy of AI - and this IS a discussion of philosophy - to ignore Psychology and human intelligence, and the very extensive work already done here, including on creativity - doesn't seem v. wise, given that AI/AGI still haven't got to square one in the attempt either to emulate or to satisfactorily define human-level "fluid", "adaptive" intelligence.
Well, I wrote a lot about the relation btw AI and human creativity in my 1997 book "From Complexity to Creativity." And more recently, I have drawn on the psychological theory of "conceptual blending" http://markturner.org/blending.html in the Novamente design (Novamente's "concept creation" module).... Blending is certainly an example of fluid, adaptive intelligence... -- Ben ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?member_id=231415&user_secret=fabd7936
