Why Integration?
The focus on systems integration, especially with regard to modular approaches, derive from the fact that most intelligences of signifact scales are composed of a multitude of processes and/or utilize multimodal input and output. For example, a humanoid-type of intelligence would preferably have to be able to talk using speech synthesis, hear using speech recognition, understand using a logical (or some other undefined) mechanism, and so forth. In order to produce artificially intelligent software of broader intelligence, integration of these modalities is necessary.
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