Do you know what is Goldilocks rule and then do you know what is Goldilocks for AI!?
All in good time my friends!
So I am assuming you know who is Goldilocks!
If not then either you had a sad childhood in which you had not heard any fairy tales or a very good one and you did not need one!
But knowing the Goldilocks story is almost general knowledge!
Then again if you have FORGOTTEN the same then fret not! You have the blog to the rescue!
So Goldilocks is a character from the story called “Goldilocks and the Three Bears” which is a classic fairy tale about a curious young girl who enters a bear family’s cottage without permission, tries their food and furniture, and is discovered sleeping in the youngest bear’s bed!
The cottage has three bears who are the Papa Bear, Mama Bear, and Baby Bear!
They leave their hot porridge on the table and go for a walk. A curious girl named Goldilocks finds their empty house and walks inside!
Goldilocks then tastes three bowls of porridge. She finds Papa Bear’s too hot, Mama Bear’s too cold, and Baby Bear’s “just right,” eating it all up! HOW RUDE!
Then she tries three chairs! And as expected she finds the Papa Bear’s chair too hard and Mama Bear’s too soft, but Baby Bear’s chair is “just right”—until she breaks it by sitting in it! More rude!
Then feeling tired, she tests the beds. Papa Bear’s bed is too high at the head, Mama Bear’s is too high at the feet, and Baby Bear’s bed is “just right,” so she falls asleep!
Finally in the end the bears return and notice someone has touched their food, chairs, and bed. They find Baby Bear’s bed occupied. Goldilocks wakes up, sees the bears, and runs away through the window, never returning!
So you can see how the story can teach you many things just like any other Fairy tale! But the Goldilocks rule is the lesson in this blog!
The Goldilocks Rule states that humans experience peak motivation when working on tasks that are right on the edge of their current abilities—not too hard and not too easy, but just right!
Have you ever played a video game? This is not a question for the younger generations who have played games by default! So the crux here is that if the game is too hard you will not like to play, if it is too easy then you will lose interest soon but if it just RIGHT then you will stick to it or continue playing! That is the Goldilocks rule!
The rule was popularized in James Clear’s bestselling book Atomic Habits, this concept describes the sweet spot for human engagement and dopamine release!
This means that when the task is too easy or Mama bear; they come significantly below your skill level lead to boredom and apathy!
When they are like Papa bear or Too Hard then they are far beyond your current capacity which result in frustration, anxiety, and discouragement!
Then comes the just RIGHT BABY BEAR! These work on a challenge about 4% beyond your current baseline and keeps you focused, releases dopamine, and triggers a state of deep flow!
Inadvertently you use the Goldilocks Rule for your work and life and most of the time settle for the baby bear!
So what is the Goldilocks Rule of the AI!? You will find that in the next blog MAMA bear!
Meanwhile you can know that Upendra Rao is a versatile actor!
See if your bed is just right and sleep now!
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