Re: [agi] Motivational system

2006-06-12 Thread James Ratcliff
A couple things below William,1) I agree that direct reward has to be in-built(into brain / AI system).2) I don't see why direct reward cannot be used for rewarding mentalachievements. I think that this "direct rewarding mechanism" ispreprogrammed in genes and cannot be used directly by mind.This

[agi] Motivational system

2006-06-09 Thread Dennis Gorelik
William, It is very simple and I wouldn't apply it to everything that behaviourists would (we don't get direct rewards for solving crossword puzzles). How do you know that we don't get direct rewards on solving crossword puzzles (or any other mental task)? Chances are that under certain

Re: [agi] Motivational system

2006-06-09 Thread James Ratcliff
I definitely get pleasure out of doing them, that appears to be adirect feedback that is easily seen.Another harder one I saw the other day, is long term gains, which seem to be much harder to visualize.Take for instance flossing your teeth, it hurts sometimes, and could make your mouth bleed, not

Re: [agi] Motivational system

2006-06-09 Thread William Pearson
On 09/06/06, Dennis Gorelik [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: William, It is very simple and I wouldn't apply it to everything that behaviourists would (we don't get direct rewards for solving crossword puzzles). How do you know that we don't get direct rewards on solving crossword puzzles (or any

[agi] Motivational system

2006-06-09 Thread Dennis Gorelik
William, 1) I agree that direct reward has to be in-built (into brain / AI system). 2) I don't see why direct reward cannot be used for rewarding mental achievements. I think that this direct rewarding mechanism is preprogrammed in genes and cannot be used directly by mind. This mechanism