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Prof David West on
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The very first paper I published - too many years ago - in AI Magazine,
then the flagship of the AI publication world - was a two part article,
first part critiquing the prevailing computational falsework (a
framework erected around a bridge to support it while concrete is being
poured), the second part dealing with alternative metaphors of mind.
One of the metaphors I talked about was Minsky's society - which was not
a society at all - it was a bureaucratic hierarchy! At that time Minsky
was adamantly opposed to the very idea of emergence and Society was
supposed to be a way to get to intelligence without emergence - but he
snuck in a homunculus around chapter three to make the whole thing work.
The only metaphor, at least then, that had any room for emotions, pain,
pleasure, etc. was Bergland's gland/brain chemistry/whole body model.
davew
On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 12:49:31 +0200, "Jochen Fromm" <
[hidden email]>
said:
> Can we describe the mind as a society of agents?
> Marvin Minsky has written a book about the topic, and
> Steven Pinker speculates about it in "How the Mind
> works". How would the basic emotions we pain/displeasure
> and joy/pleasure look like? How does self-consciousness
> fit into this picture?
>
> I have collected some humble thoughts on this
> sfcomplex Wiki page, and would like to
> invite you to join this discussion at
>
http://sfcomplex.org/wiki/Society_of_Mind>
> -J.
>
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