Stephen Bounds
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.

Stephen Bounds
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