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FORMULATION OF THE PROBLEM A Monkey is in a room. Suspended from the ceiling is a bunch of Banana s, beyond the monkey's reach. In the corner of the room is a box. How can the monkey get the bananas? The solution is of course that the monkey must push the box under the bananas, then stand on the box and grab the bananas. However, figuring this out requires a Planning Algorithm . In other variants of the problem, the bananas are in a chest and the monkey first has to open the chest using a key. THE POINT OF THE PROBLEM The purpose of the problem is to raise the question: Are monkeys intelligent? Both humans and monkeys have the ability to use mental maps to remember things like where to go to find shelter, or how to avoid danger. They can also remember where to go to gather food and water, as well as how to communicate with each other. Monkeys have the ability not only to remember how to hunt and gather but they also have the ability to learn new things, as is the case with the monkey and the bananas. Even though that monkey may never have entered that room before, or had only a box for a tool to gather the food available, that monkey can learn that it needs to move the box across the floor, position it below the bananas, and climb the box to reach for them. Some people believe that this is part instinct, part learned behavior. It is most probably both. |
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