Jul 30, 2017 · 1 min read
Bitbol and Luisi have a really interesting take on intelligence which applies a graded approach to cognition:
- Level 0. Incorporation of environmental factors without assimilation (no cognition)
- Level 1. Assimilation of environmental factors
- Level 2. Co-evolution of system based on environmental factors
- Level 3. Representational behaviours
- Level 4. Objectification and predictive rules
The important thing to note is that
level 3 and below may appear to be knowledgeable “only from the point of view of an observer”
I find this a useful way to recognise that AI has made valuable improvements in cognition while still falling short of being autonomous, autopoietic knowledge agents.
