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From: GODDEN@gmr.COM
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Subject: Evolution of Intelligence
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Date: 11 Jan 88 15:15:00 GMT
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I am reading (of all things) a book about dogs (>The Canine Clan< by
John McLoughlin) and I came across a comment about intelligence that I
share with the net without comment.  Since I don't have the book with
me at the moment I cannot offer an exact quote, but this is close:
Intelligence arises in order to make efficient use of the senses.

-Kurt Godden
 godden@gmr.com

  [For a more elaborate development of this viewpoint see the
  recent book by Fischler and Firschein on The Eye and the Brain.
  A major premise is that perception is a goal of AI (or of any
  intelligence) rather than just a preprocessing stage.  -- KIL]