On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 7:36 AM, <ghib...@gmail.com> wrote: > why do we get tired >
Because we run out of fuel or because of lactic acid buildup in our muscles. > Why do we need to sleep? > Probably because we're primarily visual animals and Evolution weeded out individuals who didn't get sleepy because they wasted energy wandering around at night and got themselves into serious trouble when they ran into an animal that was better adapted to the night than they were. > Why is it, mental fatigue has certain properties that ties fatigue to > specific mental activities but not other, equally challenging ones? > Because we have determined that some mental tasks are boring. Boredom is a vitally important emotion, I don't believe any intelligence, electronic or biological, could exist without boredom because it prevents us from getting stuck in infinite loops. But it's critical the boredom point be set correctly, in fact this may be the most difficult part of making an AI. Set too low and we can't pay attention (I don't want to listen while you tell me how to properly pack my parachute, it's boring), set too high and we get stuck in infinite loops (weee.. I love the way that red rubber ball bounces up and down, I could watch it forever, one, two, three, four....) John K Clark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
