I think another related qualitative intuition is constructive vs. nonconstructive. “Just turn the knob” is simple and obvious enough to you to be regarded as constructive, not leaving any parts unspecified for a planner to compute. “Just set the voltage to 10V” seems nonconstructive—like it would require further abstract thought to make a plan to make the voltage be 10V. But as we’ve learned, turning knobs is a fairly tricky robotics task, requiring plenty of thought—just thought that’s unconscious in humans.
I think another related qualitative intuition is constructive vs. nonconstructive. “Just turn the knob” is simple and obvious enough to you to be regarded as constructive, not leaving any parts unspecified for a planner to compute. “Just set the voltage to 10V” seems nonconstructive—like it would require further abstract thought to make a plan to make the voltage be 10V. But as we’ve learned, turning knobs is a fairly tricky robotics task, requiring plenty of thought—just thought that’s unconscious in humans.