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717 points surprisetalk | 2 comments | 15 May 25 02:57 UTC | HN request time: 0.447s | source
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mentalgear ◴[15 May 25 06:53 UTC] No.43992497[source]▶
Funny enough, this is also something I thought about a few weeks back: what's the motivation of machine, if it has no emotions, to explore and continue in the world - what sense does it make if it doesn't have curiosity (of course this could be a RL function, but still, imagine putting yourself in world without life, where everything is only static, how boring would it be).
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1. trhway ◴[15 May 25 07:12 UTC] No.43992586[source]▶
what if the causation is in the opposite direction (and i believe it is) - to explore and continue in the world is the primary drive (as the opposite traits just get naturally de-selected, be it organics or machines), and we only perceive it as our mind's artificial constructs like curiosity/emotions/motivation.
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2. winwang ◴[15 May 25 07:25 UTC] No.43992656[source]▶
it's quite the coincidence that ideas like friendship and love happen to be good for socialization and reproduction