How are they descriptions of the same process? If you understand "optimizing a function" as "getting better at a certain task": A human can get better at a cer

How are they descriptions of the same process? If you understand "optimizing a function" as "getting better at a certain task": A human can get better at a certain task without gaining confidence, and he/she can gain confidence without getting better at a certain task. The two things might be correlated, but they're not the same. The most important difference is that "gaining confidence" is a feeling, and that simulated optimization algorithm does not have feelings.