Interestingness is a situated judgement call.

· Bits and Bobs 6/30/25
  • Interestingness is a situated judgement call.
    • Not just "surprisal" but "valuable surprise".
    • Humans think it's interesting only if it can help them do things in their situated context.
      • Not just entropy.
    • What computers think is interesting and what humans think is interesting is disjoint because they have different views on what is valuable.[gy]