Re: I'm an idiot

[Brian <http://www.cs..edu/~b>]

Yeah, I agree that /human/ intelligence is necessarily embodied.  I'm not sure 
that that answers the questions...

1.  Once formed in a body, could a human intelligence be transferred to a 
simulated body (one that doesn't get sick or injured, etc.)?
2.  Can there be disembodied non-human intelligence?
3.  What counts as a body?  Can a (mobile) robot have human-like intelligence?

Usually when we build robots they have a limited set of senses, and an 
especially limited ability to sense their own bodies (typically just 
force-sensing hands, although those spider-like things that can walk on 
irregular terrain clearly can sense the position of their legs).  How much does 

that matter?  There are human beings who are born blind and/or deaf, and are 
still recognizably human in their thinking.  Is it /just/ pain that makes us 
human?