@dana-edwards - Wow - what an interesting concept. Having acts of kindness based on algorithms will automate the process of peaceful coexistence. The point about having preferences declared is well taken. I think this concept certainly needs to be explored at length because, once algorithms take over, the 'human emotions' factor will be taken out and kindness or any such reaction becomes an automatic process and therefore, will be measurable as well as controllable. Good model.
Thanks for highlighting this thoughtful concept. Upvoted.
Regards,
@vm2904
RE: Computational kindness
You are viewing a single comment's thread from:
Computational kindness
Mental algorithms and human emotions are inseparable. It is the "algorithms" that guide our emotions.
Downvoting a post can decrease pending rewards and make it less visible. Common reasons:
Submit
Emotions aren't necessarily algorithms in the sense that it's a structured process. It's an instinctual process. Structure is the difference maker in my opinion because once you begin to structure information, you can do stuff like sort, rank, create order, rank preferences, use deduction, etc.
Fear for example, it's involuntary. Fear is something a person feels. Too much fear can prevent kindness from even happening. Kindness is deliberate, takes effort, and in my opinion much more computational resources or cognitive resources than fear. You can call fear risk aversion and label it an algorithm but in human beings the cognitive mechanism we call fear disrupts higher level thinking (fight or flight). How can human beings have freedom from fear and from unproductive emotions which prevent them from being kind, effective, etc?
Computational kindness can help normalize using algorithms which exist outside of the brain. The brain has limited resources so by finding ways to spare these resources we can create sustainable value. So I propose we create technologies which reduce the cognitive costs associated with being kind and assume every human brain wants to be as kind as possible.
This assumption may be naive but I think if we at least amplify the ability of humans who want to be kind to be that way then we can have an easier lower cost more efficient form of kindness. Just a theoretical approach.
Downvoting a post can decrease pending rewards and make it less visible. Common reasons:
Submit
I was thinking along the lines of what happens at the brain level. A neural net of the type our brain is and, say, a Von Neumann architecture the typical computer today represents, are computationally equivalent, i.e. are able to compute the same things.
Downvoting a post can decrease pending rewards and make it less visible. Common reasons:
Submit