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One of the most intriguing sections covers Raven’s "dream cycles", inspired by sleep research and psychological theories. These offline processes will serve to review memories, extract principles, and generate metaphors, thus enabling Raven to distill general truths and refine its understanding.
Shapiro draws attention to the cultural dependence of dreams: some cultures assign vividness and significance to dreams; others dismiss them. He proposes that Raven’s dreams—akin to human subconscious processing—will enhance its self-awareness, principled reasoning, and metaphor development, giving it a deeper context for understanding.