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What is the evolutionary purpose of having a limited attention span?

Anonymous Thu 08 Jul 10:53:42 2021 No.13371353 View Reply Original Report

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AIs and robots can focus on one task indefinitely, what is the evolutionary purpose of us not being able to do the same or even close?

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Anonymous Thu 08 Jul 2021 10:56:24 No.13371357 Report

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If you were to become preoccupied with only one task in the jungle, a predator could sneak up on you and eat you.

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Anonymous Thu 08 Jul 2021 11:33:14 No.13371454 Report

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>>13371353
Cunt hunt.

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Anonymous Fri 09 Jul 2021 05:07:03 No.13373685 Report

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>>13371353
it is a heuristic solution to the halting problem. ideally a computing system should monitor itself for infinite loops but so far only brains do it.

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Anonymous Fri 09 Jul 2021 05:10:53 No.13373689 Report

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>>13371353
not getting eaten by predators because you're too busy with picking fleas out of your mates fur

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Anonymous Fri 09 Jul 2021 09:47:56 No.13374181 Report

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You are asking the wrong question. What would be the evolutionary purpose of an unlimited attention span?

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