thenewgreen: could these robots be deployed to improve the efficiency of our leisure time by performing tasks we enjoy? Could intelligent machines bird watch for us or look for four-leaf clovers? Could they optimise our pastimes, searching for patterns and spectacle in nature that would be imperceptible or too time-consuming for us to find for ourselves?
The less "ethical" among us already use computers for such things. I used to play "words with friends" and I was shocked by how good some of my less than literate friends were at the game. It occurred to me that some of them may employ an online thesaurus or anagram site to help them out.People do it, more than most realize. Why? I have no idea. Isn't the "hunt" for the right word, bird or cloud shape the part that is enjoyable?