Suppose I built a machine with artificial skin that felt the temperature of the cup and added ice to cold cups and lit a fire under hot cups.
Should this say “added ice to hot cups and lit a fire under cold cups”?
“Oh, right,” said Xenophon, “How about ‘Systems that would adapt their policy if their actions would influence the world in a different way’?”
“Teacup test,” said Socrates.
This seems wrong. The artificial-skin cup adds ice or lights fire solely according to the temperature of the cup; if it finds itself in a world where ice makes tea hotter and fire makes tea colder, the cup does not adapt its strategies.
Should this say “added ice to hot cups and lit a fire under cold cups”?
This seems wrong. The artificial-skin cup adds ice or lights fire solely according to the temperature of the cup; if it finds itself in a world where ice makes tea hotter and fire makes tea colder, the cup does not adapt its strategies.