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Article 7031 of comp.ai.philosophy:
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>From: pindor@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Andrzej Pindor)
Subject: Re: Grounding
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References: <20522@plains.NoDak.edu> <1992Sep23.185020.2693@spss.com> <1992Sep24.011517.22127@Princeton.EDU>
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 1992 16:43:41 GMT

In article <1992Sep24.011517.22127@Princeton.EDU> harnad@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Stevan Harnad) writes:
.....
>is critical. It is TTT-CAPACITY that the robot must have in order to be
>grounded. It makes no difference whatsoever how it acquired that
>capacity, as long as it has it. If it has it, it has it, regardless of
>what its sensors and actuators are connected to. What cannot be
>grounded, no matter what it's connected to, is a computer, which, by
>definition, cannot have TTT (robotic) capacity.
>
Stephen Hawking (go and see Brief History of Time) has only TT capacity, _not_
TTT capacity. Is his brain not grounded?
>-- 
>Stevan Harnad  Department of Psychology  Princeton University 
>& Lab Cognition et Mouvement URA CNRS 1166 Universite d'Aix Marseille II

Andrzej Pindor

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