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>not a eusocial one! Oh gods, no That might actually be a very good starting point because eusocial species show something that's missing from the "I want a ro

>not a eusocial one! Oh gods, no That might actually be a very good starting point because eusocial species show something that's missing from the "I want a robot girlfriend" / George Hotz style takes, which is that intelligence is a collective effort. Less anthropomorphizing and thinking of intelligence more of trying to bring individual actors together and building tools for this seems much more realistic. Sort of an updated, actually working Cybersyn.

YeGoblynQueenne 5y ago
Good point, clearly eusocial insects are intersting in a way that non-eusocial ones are not. But I'm thinking primarily of feasibility. Individual eusocial insects can still act autonomously, so there's two levels of intelligent behaviour there, that of the individual and that of the society. Figuring out how to create the former is hard enough without having to think about the latter also. So an insect like a cockroach which (for the most part) goes around on its own is probably easier to begin with. There may also be increased costs in creating many "artificial insects" compared to having just one. I don't know enough about robotics to be sure about this one. Edit: Cybersyn - wow. I had no idea!
FooBarBizBazz 5y ago
> something that's missing from the "I want a robot girlfriend" / George Hotz style takes Wow. Nice projection/takedown. > intelligence is a collective effort. You're not totally wrong, but you might want to be careful with all that Collective Body stuff. I know it codes as "left" for legacy/historical reasons, but, like, superorganisms may not align with your political sympathies. Pretty soon you need a "head" and "arms" and "feet". Pretty soon you need an immune system to root out "contagion". Pretty soon the T-cells are smashing windows and looking for Anne Frank. > an updated, actually working Cybersyn. That's like Jira/Slack, right?
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YeGoblynQueenne 5y ago

Good point, clearly eusocial insects are intersting in a way that non-eusocial ones are not. But I'm thinking primarily of feasibility. Individual eusocial insects can still act autonomously, so there's two levels of intelligent behaviour there, that of the individual and that of the society. Figuring out how to create the former is hard enough without having to think about the latter also. So an insect like a cockroach which (for the most part) goes around on its own is probably easier to begin with. There may also be increased costs in creating many "artificial insects" compared to having just one. I don't know enough about robotics to be sure about this one. Edit: Cybersyn - wow. I had no idea!

FooBarBizBazz 5y ago

> something that's missing from the "I want a robot girlfriend" / George Hotz style takes Wow. Nice projection/takedown. > intelligence is a collective effort. You're not totally wrong, but you might want to be careful with all that Collective Body stuff. I know it codes as "left" for legacy/historical reasons, but, like, superorganisms may not align with your political sympathies. Pretty soon you need a "head" and "arms" and "feet". Pretty soon you need an immune system to root out "contagion". Pretty soon the T-cells are smashing windows and looking for Anne Frank. > an updated, actually working Cybersyn. That's like Jira/Slack, right?

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