Jonathan El-Bizri wrote:
On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 2:26 PM, Terren Suydam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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If an AGI played because it recognized that it would improve its
skills in some domain, then I wouldn't call that play, I'd call it
practice. Those are overlapping but distinct concepts.
The evolution of play is how nature has convinced us to practice
skills of a general but un-predefinable type. Would it make sense to
think of practice as the narrow AI version of play?
No. Because in practice one is honing skills with a definite chosen
purpose (and usually no instinctive guide), whereas in play one is
honing skills without the knowledge that one is doing so. It's very
different, e.g., to play a game of chess, and to practice playing chess.
Part ...
Jonathan El-Bizri
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