Perception Hierarchy Leap

A system's intelligence ceiling is determined by its weakest sensory dimension. When a sensory modality transitions from absent to present, or upgrades from single to multi-dimensional, the system's capability boundary expands non-linearly rather than incrementally. The history of robotics exemplifies this: vision unlocked new capabilities, then tactile sensing expanded them further, followed by proprioception and predictive sensing—each leap representing a qualitative, not merely quantitative, advancement.

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