On 06/11/2007, Don Detrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Will an AGI with no bio-heritage be able to feel our pain, have empathy? If > not, will that make it less conscious and more dangerous?
Empathy is just another function of the brain, like visual perception. Neurons involved in empathic feeling do not contain special non-computable components absent in the neurons of the visual cortex. -- Stathis Papaioannou ----- 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=4007604&id_secret=61522846-d61d2a
