I think that this is the right approach. As the machine has no way of knowing these things as it cant live in the real world, it relies on humans living in the

I think that this is the right approach. As the machine has no way of knowing these things as it cant live in the real world, it relies on humans living in the real world that match is better suited than bat. And, it's perfectly reasonable that the AI had no way of knowing how different a box is -- so it has to rely on humans to tell it that box cant light itself on fire.