None of them are tough to explain. Some Vlad’s nailed, some are coincidence. Random thing happens to resemble useful thing in some property, random thing sets off our beauty sensors. Every now and then you’ll end up eating a poisonous beetle, but aesthetic judgment clearly has a net benefit for us. You don’t need to think up elaborate reasons for why we think sunsets are beautiful. You just need to remember that we have a useful phenomenon called ‘beauty’ that reacts to useful things. It’s only natural that some other things are, by chance, going to trigger it too. Music’s not immediately obvious, granted, but have a look at Daniel Levitin’s ‘This is Your Brain on Music’.
Vlad, think the wolf thing through. You think there were pugs and dachsunds wandering about the prehistoric savanna? The first dogs to be domesticated started life wild and feral, resembled modern wolves, and were probably about as much fun to be around at first.
@Lara
Have you ever known love? I would not want to live in a reality without it. Yes. It’s just that good.
Agreed, BUT, if a dog could talk, it might ask you if you’ve ever tried gnawing on a bone. You haven’t? But it’s the best thing in the whole world! Beware of seeing the algorithm from inside. I’m all for love n’ stuff, but remember when advocating that you need to do so strictly from a human point of view. Oddly, this post makes me fear more for fAI.
Oh, and the proper response is to save the city block. I’m not saying it’s what I’d do, but for most normal definitions of ‘proper’, just save the city block and stop overthinking it.
@Michael and Vlad
None of them are tough to explain. Some Vlad’s nailed, some are coincidence. Random thing happens to resemble useful thing in some property, random thing sets off our beauty sensors. Every now and then you’ll end up eating a poisonous beetle, but aesthetic judgment clearly has a net benefit for us. You don’t need to think up elaborate reasons for why we think sunsets are beautiful. You just need to remember that we have a useful phenomenon called ‘beauty’ that reacts to useful things. It’s only natural that some other things are, by chance, going to trigger it too. Music’s not immediately obvious, granted, but have a look at Daniel Levitin’s ‘This is Your Brain on Music’.
Vlad, think the wolf thing through. You think there were pugs and dachsunds wandering about the prehistoric savanna? The first dogs to be domesticated started life wild and feral, resembled modern wolves, and were probably about as much fun to be around at first.
@Lara
Have you ever known love? I would not want to live in a reality without it. Yes. It’s just that good.
Agreed, BUT, if a dog could talk, it might ask you if you’ve ever tried gnawing on a bone. You haven’t? But it’s the best thing in the whole world! Beware of seeing the algorithm from inside. I’m all for love n’ stuff, but remember when advocating that you need to do so strictly from a human point of view. Oddly, this post makes me fear more for fAI.
Oh, and the proper response is to save the city block. I’m not saying it’s what I’d do, but for most normal definitions of ‘proper’, just save the city block and stop overthinking it.