More sensors more intelligence?

 I have previously asked whether having more sensors would help make systems more intelligent.* One reason for believing this would be the so called critical learning periods: "Critical learning periods are time periods early in development where temporary sensory deficits can permanently damage the outcome of learning."** Critical learning periods are known to occur in machines as well as in animals.**

* See, for example, my blogs of 17 July 2014, 2 September 2014, 11 December 2014, 11 November 2013. I have a small instrumentation lab to address this need.

**arXiv:2308.12221v1 23 August 2023, Kleinman et al and my blog of 17 July 2014.