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Maybe if we were to re-employ horses in the economy we just need horse/AI centaurs (with waldos[0] based on lip/tongue manipulation)? They've got plenty of sensorimotor and perception skills (consistent with more cerebellum); just a little low on natural reasoning ability (or for that matter, any prefrontal cortex).

  y recognizing a face
  y moving around in space
  y judging people's motivations
  n catching a ball[1]
  y recognizing a voice
  n setting appropriate goals
  y paying attention to things that are interesting
  y perception
  y attention
  y visualization
  y motor skills
  y social skill[2]
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_manipulator

[1] horses can enjoy matching velocity vectors with a struck ball, but are not into catching as dogs[3] are

[2] at least those sufficient for a feudalistic society, anyway...

[3] recall: Warren Teitelman eventually gave up on computer DWIM in favour of agility dogs




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