I think that play is a form of behavioral exploration that nature can be "creative". You can think of evolution and genetic mutation a kind of "play", and it's

I think that play is a form of behavioral exploration that nature can be "creative". You can think of evolution and genetic mutation a kind of "play", and it's not all that surprising that this mechanism is built into every creature. We have to act somewhat randomly or erratically in order to overcome whatever obstacle we're facing (which sometimes we aren't even aware). I also become keenly aware of this when I play with ML because we design this kind of randomness into the system on purpose. I think that it's universally acknowledged truth that every creative/intelligent being has to have a right mixture of randomness and focus.