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Originally Posted by bns  Only if we tell them to. Why would we do that?  |
But couldn't the sensation of pain be an unexpected consequence? Especially now that we are starting to use the human brain as a model ... for example:
"Researchers at IBM's Watson Laboratory in Yorktown Heights, N.Y., are trying to make the model even more complex, building layered neural networks that behave according to biological characteristics of the nervous systems of vertebrates."
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Originally Posted by qtwerp I see no difference between "acting" as if it feels pain, and feeling pain. The stimuli, process, and result are the same. |
That's a good point. I remember a joke about behaviourism (the same line of thought)...
Two behaviorists walk into a bar. One says "Your fine." The other replies "So are you."
(behaviorists do not distinguish between directly observable and non-observable psychological states)
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Originally Posted by threegremlins With AI development wouldn't it be wise to make it know pain. To give it a point of reference so that it can understand hurt and decide whether to inflict it or not. |
That's true ... I can't help but believe pain would be unexplainable otherwise.
Although ... now that I think about it, I wonder what kind of ethical issues this might create. Would it be wrong if a wiz kid made a machine feel intense amounts of pain?
Part of me wants to say 'no'...