On Feb 18, 2008 1:37 AM, Bob Mottram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In a closed loop system what you have is a > synchronisation between data streams. In part the brain is trying to > find the best model that it can and superimpose that onto the > available data (hence the perception of lines which don't really > exist), and in part the low level data helps to create and maintain > the higher level models.
I think this is a very important perspective on what mind does. It supports multiple *processes* that interact with each other, communicating available data to tune each other, some of these processes driven by perception, some of them driving action. Inference is simply a process that is initiated by communicating 'premises' to it and that is then able to communicate 'conclusion'. Processes are learned to be in good correspondence with statistics of their I/O, so when some data is missing they can fill it in (in retrospect, 'predict'). These processes are a simple resource that can be plugged in to improve prediction (pattern-completion) performed by the rest of the system. -- Vladimir Nesov [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: http://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=95818715-a78a9b Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
