http://www.scn.org/~mentifex/aisource.html Mind.Forth Robot PD AI
is indeed so closely modeled on sound neuroscientific principles
that as the original programmer I must take issue with what Dr.
F. Frank LeFever, flefever at ix.netcom.com, wrote yesterday:
> I wouldn't bother looking beyond the diagrams he posts
> from time to time: they are "armchair" or "common sense"
> notions of how the brain "should" be organized that show
> absolutely no sign of being influenced by what we know of
> actual brain organization on the basis of "experiments of
> nature" (e.g. lesions due to stroke), formal laboratory
> studies, experimental cognitive psychology, etc., etc.
Almost all the Mentifex brain-mind diagrams in question can
be seen if you follow the Do-It-Yourself AI steps starting at
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Agora/7256/pdai.html DIY AI.
In the first place, these diagrams do not conflict with known
elements of neuroscience, but the diagrams do go far beyond
current knowledge into a "black-box" model of the brain-mind.
> Seems to me I saw somebody's comment to the effect that
> AI systems do not HAVE to mimic natural systems and can
> stand on their own; but unless more novel/elegant/interesting
> as pure creations than these simplistic diagrams seem to imply,
> I see no point in pursuing such schemes even as a hobby or game...
And you, personally, Dr. LeFever do not need to pursue the schemes,
but you should allow new ideas to spread without malice aforethought.
> F. Frank LeFever, Ph.D.
> New York Neuropsychology Group
