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Babies are amazing. I notice this far more with my granddaughter than with my own kids, mostly because I now have an idea of just how difficult it is to create artificial intelligence.
I watch her gradually learn how to do things and realise just how difficult they would be to program into a computer.
If she's watching herself in a mirror and Richard walks into the image, she'll turn around to see him for real.
Not only has she worked out that it is Grandad in the reflection, but she is looking in the correct place behind and to one side of her.
That requires knowledge of optics, an awareness of people as independent entities and almost certainly a recognition of her own image as herself.
She's fascinated by mirrors, always has been. We were walking her round Curry's yesterday - it was too wet to take her for a walk outside and we needed to replace our leaking kettle in any case - and she got really cross at one point and wanted to go the other way. We hadn't realised that some of the cookers had reflective doors and that was what she was wanting to see.
It's only ten days until her first birthday and I can't believe how fast the time has gone. That tiny premature baby is now a growing girl who seems to be bigger every week. She's full of curiosity, loves to go places and meet people. She likes being read stories, walking everywhere (still needs to hold onto hands to stay upright, but she leaves you in no doubt that she wants to walk), loves music and songs, and it's a real delight to watch her grow and develop.
I watch her gradually learn how to do things and realise just how difficult they would be to program into a computer.
If she's watching herself in a mirror and Richard walks into the image, she'll turn around to see him for real.
Not only has she worked out that it is Grandad in the reflection, but she is looking in the correct place behind and to one side of her.
That requires knowledge of optics, an awareness of people as independent entities and almost certainly a recognition of her own image as herself.
She's fascinated by mirrors, always has been. We were walking her round Curry's yesterday - it was too wet to take her for a walk outside and we needed to replace our leaking kettle in any case - and she got really cross at one point and wanted to go the other way. We hadn't realised that some of the cookers had reflective doors and that was what she was wanting to see.
It's only ten days until her first birthday and I can't believe how fast the time has gone. That tiny premature baby is now a growing girl who seems to be bigger every week. She's full of curiosity, loves to go places and meet people. She likes being read stories, walking everywhere (still needs to hold onto hands to stay upright, but she leaves you in no doubt that she wants to walk), loves music and songs, and it's a real delight to watch her grow and develop.
