[ExI] The symbol grounding problem in strong AI

[Eugen Leitl]

On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 11:20:36PM -0500, Dave Sill wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 9:37 PM, Gordon Swobe <gts_2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > Where did you buy your computer? I built mine, and I can tell you it runs formal programs in RAM. :)
> 
> Really? Not in the CPU? Huh... I though RAM was for storage.

That memory and computation in current systems are separated is largely
due to historical reasons. If you want to make systems quicker, both
need to move close and closer, and eventually fuse.

The word "formal" is completely meaningless in this context.

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