Well, yes. But I think it's wrong to presume that the fear-influenced course of action is always the best one, which is what Simon seems to be suggesting.
Consider the case where Simon is arachnophobic and being chased by an escaped circus lion. There are two paths to safety. One is difficult and has a small risk of him being eaten, the second is quick, but has a spider sitting in it.
What he *should* do is ignore the irrational fear of spiders and take the path with least likelihood of being eaten.
What he *would* do is weigh up the two fears (or spiders, or the risk of being eaten), and depending how intense the phobia is, may choose the path that risks being eaten.
What he's asking for is for his ideal intelligence to correctly predict the outcome of the weighing-up in the second instance when considering the hypothetical situation. It strikes me that that's not necessarily the optimal solution.
An intelligence that correctly predicts you'll do something really dumb when afraid is not as ideal as an intelligence that chooses the optimal course of action *despite* the fear.
Obviously if the fear is a rational one (say one of the escape paths from the lion leads through a wasp nest, and you're allergic to wasp stings), the outcome for both types of intelligence would be the same.
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Consider the case where Simon is arachnophobic and being chased by an escaped circus lion. There are two paths to safety. One is difficult and has a small risk of him being eaten, the second is quick, but has a spider sitting in it.
What he *should* do is ignore the irrational fear of spiders and take the path with least likelihood of being eaten.
What he *would* do is weigh up the two fears (or spiders, or the risk of being eaten), and depending how intense the phobia is, may choose the path that risks being eaten.
What he's asking for is for his ideal intelligence to correctly predict the outcome of the weighing-up in the second instance when considering the hypothetical situation. It strikes me that that's not necessarily the optimal solution.
An intelligence that correctly predicts you'll do something really dumb when afraid is not as ideal as an intelligence that chooses the optimal course of action *despite* the fear.
Obviously if the fear is a rational one (say one of the escape paths from the lion leads through a wasp nest, and you're allergic to wasp stings), the outcome for both types of intelligence would be the same.