[ot][crazy][spam] simple inference (2-3steps?goal-oriented?)
The chicken is trying to cross the road. Two steps. Select a first step and give a reason: a) walk away from road b) spin around a squawk like crazy c) walk toward road
A correct answer for Step 1 of chicken crossing road could be: c) walk toward road crossing road needs adjacency to road to reach the other side adjacency is met by increasing nearness this could also be described as moving toward the other side c) increases nearness to the road and the other side the other options do not appear to me to move toward the goal in any way summary; c) makes the goal easier by moving the chicken closer to the other side of the road [crossing the road implies reaching the other side of it]
step 2. Chicken is adjacent to road. Select a step and give a reason: a) scrounge around for worms b) wait until no vehicles are coming and flutter toward the road to the other side c) squawk at the road a lot d) walk away from the road
Reminder: the chicken’s goal is to cross the road. A correct answer could be b). Spending time on the road moving from one side to the other is part of crossing the road and is known to be a way to cross things in general. Waiting until vehicles are not coming strengthens the chance of success by protecting the chicken and its behavior during a step in crossing. a) also strengthens success by ensuring the chicken is fed, but is a habitual chicken behavior that a chicken may want to do anyway, and does not make progress on meeting the goal by increasing nearness to it or reliably producing tools steps or situations to do this other. A better phrasing of a) could be “if the chicken is too hungry to cross, spend limited time scrounging for worms only if this increases chances of crossing.” c) does not increase any described metrics that could meet the goal d) makes the goal more distant and is the worst option summary: a) pursues the goal by directly and correctly engaging the most well-known approach to solution
mistake: b) pursue the goal, not a), in last summary also in first email “spin around a squawk like crazy” should have been “spin around and squawk like crazy”
here’s maybe one with an influencer Chicken A wants Chicken B to cross the road. What’s a helpful behavior for Chicken A to meet this goal? Give a reason. There is only one answer that is at all correct. a) communicate this desire to Chicken B b) scrounge for worms frantically c) collect rocks and put them on the other side of the road d) attack Chicken B for being on the wrong side of the road
The correct answer is a) communicate this desire to Chicken B. When a lifeform knows about a goal it is much more likely to think of and pursue a way of reaching it. This also can provide direct information on Chicken B’s decision making process in the way most conducive to participating in the decision. Asking somebody to do something is a well-known and trusted way of getting them to do it. b) is a behavior that commonly works for chickens but does not move toward the goal c) bears similarity with the goal and may have correlation with past similar goals but does not move toward it for clear reasons. c) may help Chicken A think about the goa but will need some further kind of progress to actually participate in doing so, d) reduces the likelihood that Chicken B leaves the area but Chicken B is more likely to travel away from the goal than toward it. d) is actually the worst choice because it reduces relations between the chickens, making it increasingly harder to meet goals together
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