Intelligence (Beyond Just Thinking) Isn’t Possible Without Feeling
Aeon
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4/13/18
“Most proposals for emotion in robots involve the addition of a separate ‘emotion module’ – some sort of bolted-on affective architecture that can influence other abilities such as perception and cognition… But research from the behavioural and brain sciences suggests that emotion is not just an ‘added feature’ layered on top of ‘standard’ cognition. Instead, it’s an integral part of our cognitive machinery.”
The Expanded Mind: From Mind-Body Interaction to Mind-World
New Yorker
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4/2/18
“There were many kinds of thinking that weren't possible without a pen and paper, or the digital equivalent -- complex mathematical calculations, for instance. Writing prose was usually a matter of looping back and forth between screen or paper and mind: writing something down, reading it over, thinking again, writing again.”