How are you conceiving of this output stream of actions? If you think of it as just a set of experiences (e.g. the experience of throwing a rock), then I don’t see how it’s distinct from the input stream. If you think of it as actual actions, like actually throwing a rock, then it seems to me you’ve already committed yourself at this stage to an external reality—how can you a throw a rock if there are no rocks or, for that matter, if you have no limbs? -- and “reality” isn’t just an explanatory model linking your input and output streams.
You have a point, the only feedback of an action being taken is from the subsequent inputs, so I suppose I should think of simple actions as micro-models. Thanks. The meta-model of external reality comes in handy when you don’t want to over-think it. What else did I miss?
How are you conceiving of this output stream of actions? If you think of it as just a set of experiences (e.g. the experience of throwing a rock), then I don’t see how it’s distinct from the input stream. If you think of it as actual actions, like actually throwing a rock, then it seems to me you’ve already committed yourself at this stage to an external reality—how can you a throw a rock if there are no rocks or, for that matter, if you have no limbs? -- and “reality” isn’t just an explanatory model linking your input and output streams.
You have a point, the only feedback of an action being taken is from the subsequent inputs, so I suppose I should think of simple actions as micro-models. Thanks. The meta-model of external reality comes in handy when you don’t want to over-think it. What else did I miss?