On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 8:29 PM, Ben Goertzel wrote: <snip> > > I don't think that formal logic is a suitably convenient language for > describing > motor movements or dealing with motor learning. > > But still, I strongly suspect one can produce software programs that do > handle > motor movement and learning effectively. They are symbolic at the level of > the programming language, but not symbolic at the level of the deliberative, > reflective component of the artificial mind doing the learning. > > A symbol is a symbol **to some system**. Just because a hunk of program > code contains symbols to the programmer, doesn't mean it contains symbols > to the mind it helps implement. Any more than a neuron being a symbol to a > neuroscientist, implies that neuron is a symbol to the mind it helps > implement. > > Anyway, I agree with you that formal logical rules and inference are not the > end-all of AGI and are not the right tool for handling visual imagination or > motor learning. But I do think they have an important role to play even so. >
Asimo has a motor movement program. Obviously he didn't 'learn' it himself. But once written, it seems likely that similar sub-routines can be taken advantage of by later robots. BillK ------------------------------------------- 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
