The FRIAM mind (was: 'Do robots dream of electric illusions? or Bladerunner, theRealist's Cut')

Posted by Jochen Fromm-4 on
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/Re-Do-robots-dream-of-electric-illusions-or-Bladerunner-theRealist-s-Cut-tp3116048p3117960.html

You are talking about the list as if it is a single
entity (let us see how 'the list' responds), although
it is composed of several independent individuals:
Russ, Stephen, Glen, Douglas, to name a few.
Can we think of the mind as a similar kind of
list or group, which is composed of several agents?
Is the society of mind metaphor from Minsky
helpful to explain behavior?

If the FRIAM list discusses itself, would
this be a form of self-consciousness for
the FRIAM mind?

-J.

----- Original Message -----
From: Nicholas Thompson
To: [hidden email]
Cc: Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 11:32 PM
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Do robots dream of electric illusions? or
Bladerunner,theRealist's Cut

[...]
It will be interesting to see how the list responds.

Nick

Nicholas S. Thompson
Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Ethology,
Clark University ([hidden email])
http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/


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