I think humans optimize for a mix of predictability and surprise. If our experiences are too predictable, we get bored, and if they are too unpredictable, we get overwhelmed. (Autistic people are particularly vulnerable to getting overwhelmed, but even NTs can get overwhelmed by too much stimulus.) In RL research, this is the explore/exploit tradeoff or the multi-armed bandit problem (terrible name). I think this also has something to do with the Free Energy Principle, but that would require understanding Karl Friston and no one understands Karl Friston.
I think humans optimize for a mix of predictability and surprise. If our experiences are too predictable, we get bored, and if they are too unpredictable, we get overwhelmed. (Autistic people are particularly vulnerable to getting overwhelmed, but even NTs can get overwhelmed by too much stimulus.) In RL research, this is the explore/exploit tradeoff or the multi-armed bandit problem (terrible name). I think this also has something to do with the Free Energy Principle, but that would require understanding Karl Friston and no one understands Karl Friston.