To the Stars
Worth reading:The mediocre can be educated; geniuses educate themselves. [Condorcet]
See also:
The Beautiful Brain: The Drawings of Santiago Ramon y Cajal (Amazon.co.uk)
Asked question: What else do I need [to study/learn] for AI?Thinking on this a little, I realise perception must be key bcs this is the route/mechanism by (or, gateway through) which one experiences the world (= other) & from this one can begin to sort, categorise, pattern-seek & understand.
A realisation stemming from this is: without perception there can be no cognition (which I say must also be vital for intelligence) bcs perception creates the stimuli which ‘feed’ the cognitive processes.
Another key realisation is: ‘discrimination’ (used in its true sense) is the basis of intelligence. If you can’t perceive difference then you can’t create categories thus you can’t compute anything about either ‘self wrt other’ or ‘other wrt self’ or even ‘other1 wrt other2’, & so on. [Read more…] about Perception
Some reading materials (highlighted = likely useful for TU812 TMA03):
Chapters 1-3 of A Mind for Numbers are especially helpful in providing helpful information and additional exercises related to the materials of Module 1.