When given a set of legos, why do kids build some structures and not others? Why do millions of people travel to look at the Leaning Tower of Pisa? In our #CogSci paper (@recursus @SamaFRadwan @mcxfrank@dyamins@judyefan) we explore what makes a physical structure interesting!
We’re excited to continue this work and explore how we seek out “surprising” or unexpected outcomes to learn about the world. We hope this work will contribute to our understanding of curious exploration in human development and guide development of intrinsically motivated AI