Re: Symbolic AI: Why Marvin Minsky and Curt Welch Are Out to Lunch

On 21 Jul 2006 14:52:05 -0700, "JGCASEY" <jgkjcasey@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Traveler wrote:

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. . . it is time that the GOFAI community realizes that
intelligence is not the result of symbol manipulation but
that the exact opposite is true. It is symbol manipulation
(a type of motor behavior) that results from intelligence.

If symbol manipulation results from intelligence what does
intelligence result from?

Intelligence is discrete signal processing. It is based entirely on
the temporal relationships between unnamed (non-symbolic) signals. The
origin (sensors) and destination (effectors) of the signals are
irrelevant. The only exceptions I can think of are appetitive and
aversive sensory stimuli which are needed for adaptative behavior. And
even these are non-symbolic.

Louis Savain
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