R: R: [syndicate] Polymorphic Intelligence

[Alan Sondheim]

I hope you write up an essay on this?

Thanks, Alan


On Fri, 7 Dec 2007, Luigi Pagliarini wrote:

> I did it! VERY SAME direction. Apart from that the two works are pretty
> different (also: you've just went through part one). Of course, this very
> much depends on the technological state of the art (1993 we were thinking to
> technology differently, somehow). Pshyco/philosophically speaking, she
> focuses much more of the influence on memory, I do it on intelligence
> (cleverness?). This brings the two of us to very different conclusions (in
> terms of, roughly, symbolic representation vs. use of symbols). Besides
> that, I think that she reads the same paradigm under the human point of view
> while I do it from a machines perspective, so to speak. Whatever, very glad
> to get to know that book. Thanx again. Luigi (PS: when rushing my english
> gets much worse, sorry :-)
>
>> Do check it out; I can't say all of it of course, but
>> definitely similar direction.
>>
>> - Alan
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 7 Dec 2007, Luigi Pagliarini wrote:
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>>>
>>>> You might be interested in the work of Merlin Donald, who
>> says almost
>>>> exactly the same thing in his work, especially The
>> Evolution of the
>>>> Modern Mind (I may have the title slightly wrong). My own work at
>>>> times references his. I think Minsky's Society of Mind and Howard
>>>> Gardner's work is also useful, but Donald is the one who developed
>>>> theoretically what you're describing.
>>>
>>> All of it? Right the same? :-)
>>> Whatever, I'd be happy that I'm not the only one thinking we're
>>> actually going that direction.
>>> Thanx for the information, Luigi
>>>
>>>
>>>
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