2008/8/8 Mike Tintner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Now my v. garbled understanding (& please comment) is that those Carnegie > Mellon starfish robots show that such an integrated whole self is both > possible - and perhaps vital - for robots too.
Yes I agree with the idea of understanding others through mirroring and self modeling as in the starfish. If the goal is to closely immitate human intelligence then clearly something like this will be necessary. I can also imagine other types of non human-like intelligence which also have sensors and actuators (in an abstract sense) and the capability of self modeling, but which are not physically emodied (perhaps they're purely internet based). Such systems may not be able to understand the behavior of animals or people, but would be able to mirror other entities like themselves via the same underlying principles guiding physical mirroring. In a sense I do think that embodiment is essential, but that what qualifies as "embodied" could extend beyond the physical. ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=108809214-a0d121 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
