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Why do you think embodiment isn't intelligence? I'm genuinely curious (i.e., this isn't a rhetorical question) because that seems to be a common assumption amo
by gensym 3y ago
Why do you think embodiment isn't intelligence?
I'm genuinely curious (i.e., this isn't a rhetorical question) because that seems to be a common assumption among folks who talk about intelligence, and I honestly don't understand it.
For example, I enjoy rock-climbing as a hobby. Doing it involves literally learning new patterns of movement. That's part of what makes it fun. I don't understand why that isn't considered intelligence, while learning the steps to, say, invert a matrix is.
- famouswaffles 3y ago>For example, I enjoy rock-climbing as a hobby. Doing it involves literally learning new patterns of movement. Sure but does your ability to learn new patterns of movement have much to do with having the hands to climb ? Do you think an amputated person would be less intelligent than you because he could not climb the same rocks ? Would a blind man be less intelligent than you because he couldn't drive ? You can't go and ask GPT-4 to go clean your room right now. But is it because it's not intelligent enough to understand what it means to tidy up your room and go about doing that ? Or is the default inability to see and touch the real issue ? Many papers/demonstrations including what I linked point overwhelmingly to the latter.