The human brain itself is often cited as evidence for embodiment, but the brain is always 'seeing something and doing something' through sensory and motor interfaces; disembodiment is a spectrum, not a binary, and even a 'laptop is a body' (has sensors and actuators); the real question is what bandwidth of embodiment is needed for different AGI capabilities.

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Ben Goertzel

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a laptop is a body... it's a question of what sensory and motoric bandwidth are needed

Source

Facing Superintelligence (with Ben Goertzel)Future of Life Institute
Created: 8/11/2026, 6:34:51 AM

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