Re: Symbol Grounding Problem (attn: Vend)


"Neil W Rickert" <phishing@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Glen M. Sizemore" <gmsizemore2@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
"Neil W Rickert" <phishing@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

Not really. The question was raised in the context of AI
programming, and attempts to have AI systems use natural language.

Umm, was it not you that raised the issue of humans and meaning? Was it
not
you that said something like WE possess meanings and then go searching for
words?

You are taking it out of context. And, even then, you are badly
mischaracterizing what I wrote.

You wrote: "we start with meanings and seek to usefully attach words to that
meaning." No?

"However, symbol grounding is not a problem faced by most humans. When
was the last time you had to ground a symbol?

The real problem for humans is not grounding symbols. Rather it
is symbolizing the ground. We don't start with words and seek to
discover their meaning; we start with meanings and seek to usefully
attach words to that meaning."

If the issue of what humans/animals do is irrelevant, why was this the
majority of your post? Was this just an aside.




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