Fallacies:
1. ÒRed Herring FallacyÓ: an irrelevant topic is presented to divert from the original topic
2. If A=C; and B=C; its not necessarily true that A=B
Class notes:
á embodied cognitive science is an example of the synthetic approach
á embodied cognition and cognitivism are independent of each other
á some people believe it is a continuous battle trying to make AI as good as human intelligence
á by copying something you may be able to further understand how it was built
Questions:
Frame ProblemÑ
á automatic response you donÕt really have to think about; common sense; you donÕt have to go through all the consequences in your head
á parallel processingÑthinking about two things at once
á if we have consciousness; why doesnÕt a robot have a consciousness
á environment awareness and initiative need to be added to a robot
á people donÕt need to pre-plan all the possibilities but you self-connect as you go
á circular accounts of psychological processes
á the homunculus is the internal mechanism
á the homunculus gives meaning to the input or symbols
á the homunculus is the little man in your head running the show
á weÕd be stuck if we knew we had a homunculus and thatÕs its; it was not be very useful
á how symbols relate to other symbols in the computer
á the meaning of the symbol to the computer is not compatible to the real world; they are just symbols
á there needs to be an underlying understanding of what the symbol is to the computer
á situatedness is having access to your environment; being able to react to your environment
á autonomy is independence; more related to self-suffiency
á nothing is completely autonomous
á self-suffiency means that you meet your physical needs
á being autonomous in some areas is more important than in other areas
á emotional autonomy vs. physical autonomy
á are we building good slaves or trying to reinvent the mind? Computers would make good slaves but the most helpful ones would be autonomous
á the Fungus Eater was never created; it was theoretical
á the less control you have over a system; the less you know about it
á a computer wouldnÕt pick a niche for a long long time so its ok for humans to choose a niche for them
á the computer doesnÕt have a choice; if it doesnÕt plug itself in, it breaks down
á Roomba is self-suffient to its certain task/within its own context it is self-sufficient
á As long as its task doesnÕt changeÑthen it can be considered intelligentÉ.you wouldnÕt know if something is intelligent until its task changed
á It has to adapt to be self-sufficient
á There are certain ways to mimic our biology; visual systems, optical proccessers to do frequency for replicating hearing
á Body and environment are part of intelligence