Embodiment can be virtual. It can learn about place & environment & physicality through simulation. Ref: wikipedia page[1] on embodied cognition. I tend to thin

Embodiment can be virtual. It can learn about place & environment & physicality through simulation. Ref: wikipedia page[1] on embodied cognition. I tend to think about embodiment as being about sensorial systems, things that can perceive an environment, have capabilities to act or move or alter the environment about them. At some point it might help to have real world physical manifestations. But for a long time we can kind of explore virtual bodies. Even when we do make robots with bodies, I expect their "brain" is likely to remain in the cloud. The bodies could act more like appendages or peripherals. But it would be interesting & I think valuable to start developing a physical sense of self. Anyone know any good sci-fi that touches upon this? Ancillary Justice has a neat AI (multi-)"character". [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embodied_cognition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embodied_cognition [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embodied_agent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embodied_agent