Jiri> Matt, >> Here is a program that feels pain. Jiri> I got the logic, but no pain when processing the code in my Jiri> mind.
This is Frank Jackson's "Mary" fallacy, which I also debunk in WIT? Ch 14. Running similar code at a conscious level won't generate your sensation of pain because its not called by the right routines and returning the right format results to the right calling instructions in your homunculus program. Maybe you should mention in the pain.cpp description that Jiri> it needs to be processed for long enough - so whatever is gonna Jiri> process it, it will eventually get to the 'I don't "feel" like Jiri> doing this any more' point. ;-)) Looks like the entropy is kind Jiri> of "pain" to us (& to our devices) and the negative entropy Jiri> might be kind of "pain" to the universe. Hopefully, when (/if) Jiri> our AGI figures this out, it will not attempt to squeeze the Jiri> Universe into a single spot to "solve" it. Jiri> Regards, Jiri Jelinek ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?member_id=231415&user_secret=e9e40a7e
