[HN Gopher] Can Computers Learn Common Sense?
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       Can Computers Learn Common Sense?
        
       Author : doener
       Score  : 8 points
       Date   : 2022-04-05 19:40 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
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       | photochemsyn wrote:
       | 'Common sense' could probably use a more precise definition in
       | this context. It could be defined as the responses that an
       | individual develops over time due to experience. For example, one
       | can learn not to touch a fire because of the painful burn, and
       | then it becomes 'common sense' not to stick your hands in a
       | flame.
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       | Additionally, common sense could develop as a social phenomenon,
       | in which one learns behavior from watching others, or verifies
       | sensory information by checking with others. For example, we
       | quickly learn that wearing clothes in public is expected
       | behavior, and we also check with others if we sense something
       | unusual or threatening (did you hear that loud bang? do you smell
       | that gas leak? etc.).
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       | Teaching computational systems this version of common sense would
       | require the system to have senses and the ability to learn from
       | that sensory input, and also the ability to check the veracity of
       | information / acceptable behavioral decisions with other similar
       | systems. Groups of drones seem capable of doing something like
       | this, coordinating their behavior by checking each other's
       | position.
        
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