"Learning maths" is a general intention which decomposes to many lower level intentions. So suppose your first sub-intention was to obtain a "maths" book. Now working on that goal,would you abandon your first and ultimately the entire intention of "learning maths" after three consecutive failures in the intention of obtaining the book? Would a baby (infant or toddler)? Should an AGI? Very curious question. ~PM
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 13:00:12 +0930 Subject: Re: [agi] How many tries? From: [email protected] To: [email protected] If everything is constant, and for a simple task I would suggest 3 tries before giving up or reviewing the process. Three is a ballpark off the top of my head number that is often used in retry attempts. The thing is, many if not most tasks have a skill level on a level of mastery so it would be hard to map the probability of the task being achieved. One of my tasks is to "learn maths", and have been trying for a couple of years now - I haven't failed as I understand it takes time. Cheers, Duncan On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 12:41 PM, Piaget Modeler via AGI <[email protected]> wrote: How many solutions should we attempt before throwing in the towel? How many tries should you, a child, or an AGI give to an intention before getting frustrated and giving up? Given that one could choose to focus on an intention or ignore it, at what point does failure on an intention turn the focus to avoidance, and ultimately abandonment of the intention? And yes I know it depends on what else is going on, so suppose context is held constant andwe were only focusing on one intention of many in our agenda (intention set). Kindly advise. ~PM AGI | Archives | Modify Your Subscription AGI | Archives | Modify Your Subscription AGI | Archives | Modify Your Subscription ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
