tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4430111450575356526.post5467356177018755088..comments2024-03-14T17:13:30.060+00:00Comments on Imperfect Cognitions: Irrational Emotions, Rational Decisions, and Artificial IntelligenceKengo Miyazonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01643685718519136099noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4430111450575356526.post-61381541140699652842017-04-12T13:22:35.512+01:002017-04-12T13:22:35.512+01:00Thank you for your reply, Thomas!
With regard to...Thank you for your reply, Thomas! <br /><br />With regard to 2., what I was trying to get at is that actors can pretend to behave irrationally without behaving irrationally. Why can't an AI pretend to act human when it talks to humans (including some apparent irrationality, if needed) without actually behaving irrationally? <br /><br />In Re: Spock, what I'm trying to say is: could an AI pass a sort of Vulcan Turing Test without any irrational or pretend-irrational behavior? <br />If it can, isn't a Vulcan Turing Test good enough, at least for most purposes one may want an AI for? Is it too big a problem if they don't pass for human, but still do their jobs? (at least, all of the jobs that don't need that they pass for humans, which include most. Vulcans could do most human jobs). Angra Mainyuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16342860692268708455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4430111450575356526.post-15571673336333984992017-04-12T01:20:38.890+01:002017-04-12T01:20:38.890+01:00Hello, Angra!
Interesting questions! Let me see ...Hello, Angra!<br /><br />Interesting questions! Let me see if we can't develop this a bit further!<br /><br />1. Spock is a funny character. As a Trekker, Spock has always been a bit "odd" to me, as they continually make reference to not feeling emotion, and yet in other parts he makes references to emotional aspects. Clearly here there's some delineation between perhaps strong emotions and implicit emotion. But more telling is that Spock, in his supposed non-emotional state, doesn't act like humans do when they're afflicted with the same; that is, when humans are unable to feel emotion, it seems it's very difficult for them to make decisions. Spock, perhaps because their emotionless comes from their culture (remember, Vulvans and Romulans share ancestry), some ability to make decisions despite their [supposed] pure rationality remains.<br /><br />2. I should say that's absolutely the case. When something seems to act perfectly rationality, there seems to be something a bit "off" about that person, or their statements are clearly atypical from what we might see from most of society. We expect some level of irrationality or, perhaps more appropriately, some indication that emotion is affecting an otherwise rational decision. In the case of AI, I think a human would more than likely see that either this is a very oddly behaving human or that it is indeed a computer with no sense of shame in its far-too-rational decision-making processes. To inject a bit of irrationality -- even a sliver -- gives it its humanity, if you will. It needn't each levels of chaos, randomness, or anarchist, but you should see some sliver of irrationality here and there that makes us unique. I think an AI will need to do the same in order to pass the Turing Test convincingly.<br /><br />Great thoughts and questions! Thank you so much for writing!Thomashttp://www.tbhames.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4430111450575356526.post-63220850068248145102017-04-03T00:32:05.164+01:002017-04-03T00:32:05.164+01:00Hi, Thomas (if I may).
Interesting matter; I thi...Hi, Thomas (if I may). <br /><br />Interesting matter; I think we should not deliberately make AI that would ever be irrational, but that aside, I'd like to raise a couple of issues: <br /><br />1. Would Spock pass the Turing Test, when behaving as usual? (or, let's stipulate, being fully rationally just in case). <br /><br />If the answer is affirmative, then it seems to me that displaying irrationality is not needed. <br />If the answer is negative, then I'd suggest maybe passing the Turing Test isn't so important after all. Wouldn't an AI that passes a Spock/Turing Test do? <br /><br />2. Does convincingly pretending to be human require behaving irrationally if humans do? <br />For example, an actor can play a role and pretend to behave in an irrational manner. But she's not behaving irrationally. She's pretending to, in order to achieve her goal of playing her role convincingly - and that seems rational. Angra Mainyuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16342860692268708455noreply@blogger.com