From: Ben Goertzel (ben@goertzel.org)
Date: Sun Jun 23 2002 - 15:54:20 MDT
> Hmm, well based on what I know of human learning much of the real basic
> learning occurs in the first few years. And, apparently, much of that is
> done via touch. Espicially since many of these basic patterns may be
> required to comprehend language. Thus these basic patterns may be
> extremely difficult to transfer to a Baby AI that doesn't have
> touch, smell
> or taste. It may actually prove easier to manually code in such patterns
> at the beginning. Unless you plan to develop an artificial body with
> significant sensory capability to go with your AI project! ;)
You might be right.... Both options:
a) building a tactile interface (or simulation)
b) coding in such patterns manually
are fairly hard
[b) is hard because we don't know explicitly what the patterns are]
If Novamente proceeds as expected, in a couple years we will face this
challenge...
ben g
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