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>From: onstott@a.cs.okstate.edu (ONSTOTT CHARLES OR)
Subject: Re: Building Artificial Animals (was Re: Cargo Cult Science)
References: <YAMAUCHI.92Jan16220910@heron.cs.rochester.edu>
Message-ID: <1992Jan17.232633.12123@a.cs.okstate.edu>
Organization: Oklahoma State University
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 92 23:26:33 GMT

>From article <YAMAUCHI.92Jan16220910@heron.cs.rochester.edu>, by yamauchi@cs.rochester.edu (Brian Yamauchi):
> In article <1992Jan16.190930.14079nagle@netcom.COM> nagle@netcom.COM (John Nagle) writes:
>>	 Thought for today: If we can build a low-end mammal robot, say
>>a mouse-level AI, with the coordination, dexterity, and vision of a
>>mouse, we will probably be most of the way to a human level AI, based
>>on how long evolution took, how much the anatomy of the human and mouse
>>cortices are similar, and how little the DNA of mouse and human differs.
> 
> 	First, there is the mechanical design of the mouse -- a very
> lightweight and flexible design that seems to work well in a wide
> variety of environments.  Then, there are the sensory capabilities --
> vision, olfaction, taste, tactile sensing, etc.  Next, there are the
> specific behaviors that combine sensing with manipulation and
> locomotion -- foraging, predator avoidance, reproduction, etc.

  Ah but now what you have is something that looks like a mouse but
may not be a mouse.  Until you know what a mouse is in its truest and
purest ontological form, which would include access to its own 
epistemology however rudimentary, I'm afraid all you have is something
that resembles and isn't.

BCnya,
  Charles O. Onstott, III

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