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Moravec's Paradox refers to the surprising fact that tasks that are easy for humans, such as recognizing faces or walking, are often very challenging for computers, while tasks that are difficult for humans, such as complex mathematical calculations, can be relatively easy for computers.

Here's a real-life analogy to help understand the paradox:

Imagine you and a robot are given two tasks to complete. The first task is to climb a tree and pick some fruits. The second task is to solve a complex math problem.

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For you, as a human, climbing a tree and picking fruits might be relatively easy. You have a natural ability to judge the branches, coordinate your movements, and grab the fruits. On the other hand, solving the complex math problem might be more challenging. It requires logical reasoning, understanding of mathematical concepts, and careful calculations.

For the robot, however, the opposite is true. Climbing a tree and picking fruits is incredibly difficult. The robot lacks the human-like senses, flexibility, and motor control needed to navigate the branches and grab the fruits. However, when it comes to solving the complex math problem, the robot excels. It can process data quickly, perform calculations accurately, and follow logical steps without any difficulty.

This analogy demonstrates Moravec's Paradox: tasks that are instinctual and easy for humans (like climbing a tree) are difficult for robots, while tasks that require advanced intellectual abilities (like solving complex math problems) are often easier for robots.

The paradox highlights the difference between the strengths of human and artificial intelligence. Humans have evolved to excel in skills that are vital for survival in the physical world, such as perception, motor control, and social interaction. On the other hand, computers and robots are designed to excel in tasks that involve processing information and performing calculations with great speed and accuracy.

**One Video I Enjoyed**

man in brown jacket sitting in shopping cart
Photo by Jade Aucamp on Unsplash

Pose Ideas One Can Try.

https://youtu.be/jpAY1f_1A5M

**Two Tweets I Enjoyed and Liked**

10 Most Important Skills for the next 10 Years

https://twitter.com/_alexbrogan/status/1589984893077016580

7 Habits that are damn hard to do, but pay off forever.

https://twitter.com/thecolbykultgen/status/1581973449308004352

**Three New Websites I Enjoyed and Liked**

Premier site to read and download Golden and Silver Age comic books.

https://comicbookplus.com/

Help ChatGPT guess the movie using 3 emojis.

https://puzzlemoji.com/

A wonderful website for free 15 min daily stretch routine to help you avoid aches and pains.

https://stretch15.com/

**Three Quotes and Phrases I Liked**

"He who has a Why to live for can bear almost any How ."- Viktor Frankl

Life is not primarily a quest for pleasure, as Freud believed, or a quest for power, as Alfred Adler taught, but a quest for meaning. - Viktor Frankl

We have come to know Man as he really is. After all, man is that being who invented the gas chambers of Auschwitz; however, he is also that being who entered those gas chambers upright, with the Lord's Prayer or the Shema Yisrael on his lips.- HAROLD S. KUSHNER

**Two Write Ups I Enjoyed and Liked**

One Big Web: A Few Ways the World Works

https://collabfund.com/blog/one-big-web-a-few-ways-the-world-works/

8 Reasons Successful People Wear the Same Clothes Every Day

https://www.becomingminimalist.com/capsule-wardrobe

**One Photo I Enjoyed and Liked**

Source: Wikimedia

Description:

"Beautiful....But Deadly": Colorized scanning electron micrograph of Ebola virus particles (green) found both as extracellular particles and budding particles from a chronically-infected African Green Monkey Kidney cell (blue); 20,000x magnification.

**Weird Product of the Week.**

Jola Chips the hottest chips one should ever try.

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