Steven Pinker -- How the Mind Works - Hampshire High Italian ...

Standard Equipment 5THE ROBOT CHALLENGEWhat does it take to build a robot? Let's put aside superhuman abilitieslike calculating planetary orbits and begin with the simple human ones:seeing, walking, grasping, thinking about objects and people, and planninghow to act.In movies we are often shown a scene from a robot's-eye view, withthe help of cinematic conventions like fish-eye distortion or crosshairs.That is fine for us, the audience, who already have functioning eyes andbrains. But it is no help to the robot's innards. The robot does not housean audience of little people—homunculi—gazing at the picture andtelling the robot what they are seeing. If you could see the world througha robot's eyes, it would look not like a movie picture decorated withcrosshairs but something like this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