There’s a great new article on the extended mind, titled, “How Google Is Making Us Smarter“, in Discover Magazine’s latest issue. You should definitely check it out.
The theory of the extended mind suggests that the mind is not contained exclusively ‘inside’ the skull, but rather that it extends into the external environment. While our [...]
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The Extended Mind: Technology is Making Us Smarter
Posted in Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Science, Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind, Technology, tagged Andy Clark, Cognitive Science, David Chalmers, Discover Magazine, embodied mind, embodiment, extended memory, extended mind, externalism, google, internalism, Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind, Technology on January 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »
A Field Guide to Embodied Cognition
Posted in Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Science, Computer Science, Philosophy of Mind, Technology, tagged Artificial Intelligence, cartesianism, cognitivism, embodied cognition, embodiment, evolution, evolutionary science, Michael Anderson, Michael L. Anderson, situated cognition on December 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Michael L. Anderson has put together a nice field guide to embodied cognition (PDF) which you can access online by following that link.
Centrally, the article outlines that the field of embodied cognition is:
(1) Starkly opposed to Cartesianism.
(2) Denies the conceptual divide between humans and animals, reconnecting our conception of humanity to an evolutionary continuum.
(3) [...]
For the Last Minute Holiday Shopper: Get an iRobot!
Posted in Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Technology, tagged bottom up, christmas gifts, cleaning gutters, ConnectR, dirt dog, embodied cognition, floor cleaning, gadget geeks, gift ideas, Holiday gifts, iRobot, last minute shopper, looj, robot maids, Robotics, robots, Rodney Brooks, roomba, scooba, verro on December 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Need a last minute holiday shopping idea for the ultimate gadget geek? Does your loved one obsess over embodied cognition or robotics, or just have trouble keeping their floor or gutters clean?
iRobot might just be the perfect gift. Co-founded by embodied robotics guru Rodney Brooks, the iRobot store has an arsenal of high tech [...]
What Makes a Terminator Tick: Embodied Cognition
Posted in Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Science, Computer Science, Robotics, tagged AI, Artificial Intelligence, bottom up cognition, Discover, Discover Magazine, disembodiment, embodied cognition, embodiment, Robotics, sarah connor, sarah connor chronicles, science fiction, Science Not Fiction, terminator on December 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A blog over at Discover Magazine pointed me toward the latest episode of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, which alludes to the importance of embodiment in the development of Artificial Intelligence. During the episode, which was first aired on December 15th, an Artificial Intelligence researcher poignantly notes that “…tactile experience is integral to A.I. development.”
Indeed! [...]
Monday Profile: Rodney Brooks
Posted in Artificial Intelligence, Biological Sciences, Cognitive Science, Computer Science, Monday Profile, Perception, Robotics, Technology, tagged Artificial Intelligence, biology, cambrian intelligence, cog, CSAIL, elephants don't play chess, embodiment, flesh and machines, frege, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT, MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, mobots, perceptual reasoning, Robotics, robots, Rodney Brooks, sensorimotor reasoning, subsumption, subsumption architecture, symbolic processing, turing on December 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Rodney Brooks is a Professor of Robotics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and he also the directs the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. Unquestionably, Brooks is the figurehead and principle leader of the embodied robotics movement.
Since his work was first published in 1986, Brooks has brought forth a new era in [...]
Call for Contributions: 2009 Mobile Manipulation Challenge
Posted in Artificial Intelligence, Call for Papers, Conferences/Symposia, Robotics, Technology, tagged call for contributions, Call for Papers, embodied cognition, embodied robotics, embodiment, IJCAI, International Joint Conference on Aritifical Intelligence, mobile manipulation, mobile manipulation challenge, Robotics on December 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In conjunction with the International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, a robotics exhibition is being held, called the Mobile Manipulation Challenge, from July 13-16 in 2009 in Pasadena, CA.
They need contributions, and are looking for demonstrations of physically embodied robots performing mobile manipulation tasks. Areas of interest include: Point-and-fetching, assembling structures, and searching for [...]
Robot Maids Still A Long Ways Off; Mixed Blessing
Posted in Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Science, Computer Science, Perception, Robotics, Technology, tagged Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Science, cognitivism, embodied cognition, embodied robotics, embodiment, Jetsons, Lost in Space, MIT, MIT robotics laboratory, New York Times, Nicholas Roy, robot maids, robot pets, Robotics, science, Stanley Kubrick, terminator on December 6, 2008 | 2 Comments »
In this recent NY Times article, we get asked: “What happened to all of those early promises of having cogent robots, fully or partially integrated into our society, helping us out with all of our daily tasks?” Where are our robot maids, like in The Jetsons? Robots to dramatically and obnoxiously warn us of [...]
RobotCub: Open Systems Research for Enactive Cognition
Posted in Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Science, Computer Science, Robotics, Technology, tagged Cognitive Science, cognitive systems, embodied cognition, embodied robotics, embodiment, enactive cognition, enactivism, humanoids, iCub, interactive robotics, open source, open systems research, Robot Cub, RobotCub, Robotics on December 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The RobotCub Project is fascinating, ongoing research which is studying cognition through the construction of a robot, called the iCub, which is a humanoid with roughly the appearance and size of a 3.5 year old child– which is currently about the same age as the project. This is the kind of research that is revolutionizing [...]
