Comment by jstrebel

2 months ago

I am trying to build a simulation that lets a simulated organism come up with its own small language, purely learned from sensory input: https://github.com/JoergStrebel/VirtualZoo/blob/main/compute... I would like to implement the ideas put forward by Stevan Harnad in his symbol grounding problem paper (Harnad, 1990).

Hi - This sounds interesting and is an area that has fascinated me for quite some time. I think it is possible to build an agent whose intelligence emerges from preserving viability, learning which perceptions/actions are worth their metabolic cost, and grounding concepts in sensorimotor experience. I have been inspired by the ideas of Karl Friston, Anil Seth and the like. Following!