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More than 20 years ago, two philosophers, Andy Clark and David Chalmers, wrote a journal article that opened with a question: “Where does the mind stop and the rest of the world begin?” Now, that question would seem to have an obvious answer, right? The mind stops at the head. It’s contained within the skull. But Clark and Chalmers maintained that
... See moreAnnie Murphy Paul • The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain
Human minds are not elusive, ghostly inner things. They are seething, swirling oceans of prediction, continuously orchestrated by brain, body, and world . We should be careful what kinds of material, digital, and social worlds we build, because in building those worlds we are building our own minds too.
kyla scanlon • The Nostalgia Cycle Loop
Recently, I watched a video of Clark talking about the extended mind theory where he mentions a colleague who’s an occupational therapist and works with people with Alzheimer’s. Going by the results of her tests alone, Clark’s colleague couldn’t understand how her patients were getting around the city and living by themselves. But when she went to ... See more
Meg Miller • Metaphorically speaking｜Dirt
Clark’s program was intelligent in the sense that it modeled the “rational pursuit of goals.”
Dennis Yi Tenen • Literary Theory for Robots: How Computers Learned to Write
Beyond immediate sensory information, we create our perceptions of the social and physical world using a range of highly personal sources collected across our lifetimes.