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>From: dbenn@leven.appcomp.utas.edu.au (David Benn)
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Subject: A History of the mind...
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I've just finished reading Nicholas Humphrey's book: "A History of the
Mind".

Would anyone who's read it care to make a comment about what you consider
to be its importance for AI?

I'm thinking in particular of his contention that true Consciousness might
be unattainable for any AI which does not share the same sort of
evolutionary history that we do, because of what Humphrey considers to be
the importance of shortening (over evolutionary time scales) sensory
feedback loops.

It's interesting to note that he has recently spent time with Dennett at
Tufts and the latter apparently strongly suggested that Humphrey publish
his book despite large differences between Consciousness Explained and the
book.

I look forward to comments from anyone who's read this book.

Regards...


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David Benn - Applied Computing, University of Tasmania at Launceston.
It makes sense to revere the sun and the stars, for we are   
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