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> If Einstein tried to get a cat in a carrier, and the cat didn't want to go, you know what would happen to Einstein. > > He would have to resort to a brute-fo
by crunchyfrog 8y ago
> If Einstein tried to get a cat in a carrier, and the cat didn't want to go, you know what would happen to Einstein.
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> He would have to resort to a brute-force solution that has nothing to do with intelligence, and in that matchup the cat could do pretty well for itself.
Wouldn't it be better to simply motivate the cat to get in the carrier with a can of tuna fish?
This is a very simple form of modeling the cat's mind, using that model to predict its behavior and choosing a course of action that results in the desired outcome. We do this for other humans all day and most of us never resort to brute force. I think it is pretty fair to imagine an AGI that is both better at modeling human minds and better at evaluating possible actions and their outcomes.
- tareqak 8y agoFrom my understanding: The Einstein cat example is about trying to coerce a non-compliant entity that you cannot communicate with into complying. The Stephen Hawking cat example was about trying to model the behaviour of the non-compliant entity in order to persuade it to comply. The use of a cat as the agent in both cases alludes to the behaviour that people dealing with cats frequently experience.
- grkvlt 8y ago> Wouldn't it be better to simply motivate the cat to get in the carrier with a can of tuna fish? One does not simply motivate a cat with a can of tuna fish. I mean, have you even owned a cat? If the little bastard doesn't want to get in the cat carrier, no amount of delicious tuna will encourage it, and you're going to end up using brute force and getting mauled...