Minds in movement: embodied cognition in the age of artificial intelligence.
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci
; 379(1911): 20230144, 2024 Oct 07.
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in En
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| ID: mdl-39155722
ABSTRACT
This theme issue brings together researchers from diverse fields to assess the current status and future prospects of embodied cognition in the age of generative artificial intelligence. In this introduction, we first clarify our view of embodiment as a potentially unifying concept in the study of cognition, characterizing this as a perspective that questions mind-body dualism and recognizes a profound continuity between sensorimotor action in the world and more abstract forms of cognition. We then consider how this unifying concept is developed and elaborated by the other contributions to this issue, identifying the following two key themes (i) the role of language in cognition and its entanglement with the body and (ii) bodily mechanisms of interpersonal perception and alignment across the domains of social affiliation, teaching and learning. On balance, we consider that embodied approaches to the study of cognition, culture and evolution remain promising, but will require greater integration across disciplines to fully realize their potential. We conclude by suggesting that researchers will need to be ready and able to meet the various methodological, theoretical and practical challenges this will entail and remain open to encountering markedly different viewpoints about how and why embodiment matters. This article is the part of this theme issue 'Minds in movement embodied cognition in the age of artificial intelligence'.
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Collection:
01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Artificial Intelligence
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Cognition
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci
Year:
2024
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Canada
Country of publication:
United kingdom