[ExI] The symbol grounding problem in strong AI

[Gordon Swobe]

--- On Wed, 12/30/09, John Clark <jonkc at bellsouth.net> wrote:

>> Computer simulations of flames do not actually burn anything, even
>> simulated things,

> Nonsense, if simulated objects didn't effect other simulated objects 

Simulated flames don't *burn* simulated objects, John, except in a child's overly-vivid imagination. 

Perhaps that child hasn't learned the difference between the worlds depicted in his video games and actual world in which he lives. Perhaps he'll understand when he grows up. Let's hope.

-gts