Squeaky Floorboard Human Algorithm

[Old west saloon owner]: make it so the floorboards don’t creak when regular patrons walk in but do creak when a mysterious stranger walks in Carpenter: ...what What if you intentionally put in one squeaky floorboard and tell your regulars that if they squeak it, their first drink costs 10% extra, then only new people who don’t know the rule will step on it and familiars will avoid it. Did... did you just write an algorithm for human behavior? Because that is exactly what I would expect from a robot appreciation Tumblr.

A humorous screenshot presents an old-west saloon owner asking a carpenter to make the floorboards creak only for mysterious strangers. A commenter suggests using a squeaky board and a drink penalty to shape patrons’ behavior, prompting the joke that this is an algorithm for human behavior—exactly what a robot appreciation Tumblr would devise. EN: A humorous screenshot presents an old-west saloon owner asking a carpenter to make the floorboards creak only for mysterious strangers. A commenter suggests using a squeaky board and a drink penalty to shape patrons’ behavior, prompting the joke that this is an algorithm for human behavior—exactly what a robot appreciation Tumblr would devise.

• @dev_meme / 991 2020-01-24