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Old 05-22-2007   #1 (permalink)
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Default Will machines ever "feel" pain?

As machines become more like humans (for example, artificially intelligent neural networks) will they eventually be able to "feel" pain?

I don't mean acting as if they did, but actually feeling the sensation of pain?

Or is there something about an organism that is required for this sensation to occur?
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