...does it still feel alien? When I read it I immediately pattern matched it to the following:
Children are natural Pavlov’s. They bend rules, try to see what they can get away with before being punished. They start with small ‘defections’, before escalating if they appear to be allowed. Stereotypically cute and annoying.
Pets, like children.
If done as an adult, I have negative associations. Someone who doesn’t quite listen when you tell them about a ‘boundary’ of yours, until you enforce it. I admit that I often unconsciously do this.
Duncan Sabien, in Thresholding, describes how sufficiently skilled Pavlov can destroy a community.
The described algorithm uses random defections, but I think this is a kludge for the real deal, which is more (implicitly, not usually consciously) intentional.
...does it still feel alien? When I read it I immediately pattern matched it to the following:
Children are natural Pavlov’s. They bend rules, try to see what they can get away with before being punished. They start with small ‘defections’, before escalating if they appear to be allowed. Stereotypically cute and annoying.
Pets, like children.
If done as an adult, I have negative associations. Someone who doesn’t quite listen when you tell them about a ‘boundary’ of yours, until you enforce it. I admit that I often unconsciously do this.
Duncan Sabien, in Thresholding, describes how sufficiently skilled Pavlov can destroy a community.
The described algorithm uses random defections, but I think this is a kludge for the real deal, which is more (implicitly, not usually consciously) intentional.