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| | Interaction | We think of the 'world' and 'intelligent beings' as separate processes. It is the interaction between intelligence and the world that is the focus of study in artificial intelligence. \\ To be capable of adaptation requires measuring (some part of) the world. This is done via sensors. | | | Interaction | We think of the 'world' and 'intelligent beings' as separate processes. It is the interaction between intelligence and the world that is the focus of study in artificial intelligence. \\ To be capable of adaptation requires measuring (some part of) the world. This is done via sensors. | |
| | Sensors are physical | Our sensors are made from the same stuff that they perceive and are subject to the same laws of physics. | | | Sensors are physical | Our sensors are made from the same stuff that they perceive and are subject to the same laws of physics. | |
| | \\ \\ "The real world" | ...is a hypothesized phenomenon based on our collective experience of it and the apparent coordination this experience has with the apparent (experienced) experience of other similar beings. \\ René Descartes, the French philosopher, famously claimed that "I think, therefore I am." He recognized that the only certainty we have of anything is that we perceive in the here-and-now. | | | \\ "The real world" | ...is a hypothesized phenomenon based on our collective experience of it and the apparent coordination this experience has with the apparent (experienced) experience of other similar beings. \\ René Descartes, the French philosopher, famously claimed that "I think, therefore I am." He recognized that the only certainty we have of anything is that we perceive in the here-and-now. | |
| | Artificial Worlds | We may conceive of any "world" which follows different rules than our own. \\ These worlds are potential worlds for AI systems, just as the physical world is. | | | Artificial Worlds | We may conceive of any "world" which follows different rules than our own. \\ These worlds are potential worlds for AI systems, just as the physical world is. | |
| | However ... | Any //implemented// world, whether abstract or otherwise, must bow to the nature of the physical universe, because implementation means //physically incarnated//. | | | However ... | Any //implemented// world, whether abstract or otherwise, must bow to the nature of the physical universe, because implementation means //physically incarnated//. | |
