Subjectives are complex values given to information taken in by AI. In the previous post, we talked about the differential d and its analogy to the logic gate in electronic circuits, but we had to define what a ‘sensible’ input is. Subjectives are emotional values that give information initial meaning.
Let’s say an AI robot looks into the night sky, we would expect that the lenses of its camera (eyes) take in the light from the stars and the view in general, but would we expect it to have any related ‘feelings’? Then how do we make this raw information meaningful to the AI? This is where subjectives come in; first we have to attach a value, a ‘complex’ value to information for it to make sense to the robot.
Just like we have in ideal logic gates, where we have a high voltage 5V and a low 0V representing binary conditions 1 and 0 respectively. In actual logic gates the high and low voltages may deviate a bit.
An advanced robot would have been programmed to look at the stars as artful and good (these 2 qualities are subjectives). But what if in this beautiful view of the night sky the robot views a nuclear missile in flight, would the picture still be ‘good’ an d ‘artful’? These are the things the programmer would have to take into serious consideration. In this example, the night sky is beautiful, but upon sighting a nuclear missile we would expect a relatively conscious robot to get worried. In this case, the information that is a nuclear missile bound for somewhere should introduce a new subjective, a new value, that tells the robot that something is wrong or that something’s about to blow up which also inspires horror.
So, subjectives add value to events. The night sky is an event, a missile flying through the night sky is also an event. In fact, an event is anything that takes place.
An event is anything that takes place.
It is only after subjectives have been added to raw information can we say that an AI robot is ‘perceiving’ or an event has been ‘observed’. So, electrical voltages initiate short-term value functions (STVF) which are saved as short term memory (STM), just as in the human mind. The long-term value functions (LTVF) are akin to wisdom (we will visit this later).
In the next post, we shall revisit the Differential.
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