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Thank you very much for that offer, Stephen! — I live in Berlin, though, so meeting up in person will require a bit of organizational effort. It is quite likely that I will be in the area again soon.

I am very interested in integrating cognition, ie building cognitive architectures, understanding the nature and organization of mental representation on a functional (not necessarily neurobiological) level, and somewhere down the road I would like to learn more about the emergence of visual/perceptual grammars, mental simulation, and the genesis of language. I think I have some basic understanding how to build a computational model of motivation (helpful for attaching relevance to mental content, and providing reinforcement signals for open-ended learning, social interaction and exploration), and how to conceive of affect as a configuration of cognitive modulators. (I wrote a cognitive architecture, MicroPsi, and a book on the topic, called "Principles of Synthetic Intelligence", from OUP.)

Cheers,

Joscha

Thanks, Jeffrey! Joscha: If you live in the SF Bay area, let's find a time for a cup of tea or a drink. If you don't live around here, where do you live?

if you will be there for a few days i will bring him in, he is the first really new smartee in a while

lets have a skype or phone confernece with him , so you can make your own determination

Thanks for your speedy reply, Joscha... Your interests and mine do in fact have a huge overlap. I would enjoy meeting you. I was in Berlin last year (at Humbolt), but have no plans to return soon. I do plan on being in New York with some frequency, so perhaps we might have a chance to get together there.

Let's stay in touch.

With best wishes,

The image appears to be a representation or pattern of lines and right angles. It seems to repeat a "step" pattern.

S.M. Kosslyn

How interesting. You don't impress easily, so this assessment means a lot to me (I've not encountered anybody out here who really impresses me, btw... which is weird, given the density of tech guys

This next trip is getting compressed, given that Robin will be with me and two of our kids are in NYC now. I would hate to have you make all these arrangements and then we could only spend an hour or two. (Plus, who knows what his schedule is like -- I show up in 2.5 weeks.) Can we set up another trip? Something to look forward to!!

Thanks, Jeffrey.. This really has brightened up my day.

S.

S.M. Kosslyn

Sounds like a good idea. I have one of those accounts that allows multiple video calls -- I just have to initiate it. (for future reference, I'm just "skosslyn" on Skype)...

Thanks for thinking of me.. the guy really is right along my alley.

S.

S.M. Kosslyn

Lets do it soon today Tomorw

Given the time differences, when would work? Early morning for me? I could conceivably do 8:00 AM tomorrow (Weds). Please let me know.
Thanks,

S.

S.M. Kosslyn