Imagine a world-class scholar who has read every book ever written on the physics of gravity, the mechanics of the human gait, and the history of the New York City Subway. This scholar can explain the exact torque required for a Salsa swirl or the coefficient of friction on a wet station platform.
Now, imagine that same scholar has never actually moved. They have no body, no sense of balance, and they’ve never felt the pull of the earth. If you pushed them, they wouldn’t even know they were falling until they hit the ground.
This is the “Toddler Phase” of Artificial Intelligence. Our current bots are word-wise but world-blind—educated zombies who can offer a dissertation on Bob Fosse’s choreography, yet they cannot feel the beat that compels a dancer to shrug a shoulder while snapping a finger in the opposite direction.