It seems to me that an artificial intelligent systems needs senses and
limbs somewhat similar to those of a human being if we want it to
display an "intelligence" also somewhat similar to that of a human
being.
Human beings learn all they know. We learn how to stand up and how to
walk. We learn to tie our shoes. We learn to read and write. We learn
Boolean mathematics and so on.
For this learning we need input from our environment. In order to tie
our shoes we need to see. Also we need to affect our environment. We
need hands.
A dolphin with a human brain still could not tie a shoe or read or do
mathematics.
So it seems that an artificial intelligent system or an artificial
brain, needs human like inputs and outputs in order to have a chance to
display a human intelligence. Even so it may not show intelligence
because the brain is inadequate, but without these inputs and outputs
even a good brain could not display this "intelligence".
What do you think?
Walter Fritz
http://www.anice.net.ar/intsyst/