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> I never claimed there was an agreed on definition. But I think this is closer to one. If there's ever a "definition", it would be something like - pain is wh
by RivieraKid 10y ago
> I never claimed there was an agreed on definition. But I think this is closer to one.
If there's ever a "definition", it would be something like - pain is what I feel when this neuron gets activated. Not really a definition though.
> Yes, obviously. The neural net would register your actions as an extremely negative experience, and do everything in it's power to get you to stop. How is that different than torturing a person?
You could also create an analog computer that uses the position of pieces of sand instead of a memory. Does positioning the sand in a specific way cause pain? In fact, there are pretty much infinitely many ways you could encode the memory in sand positions (or atom or molecule positions). So are there infinitely many feelings of pain and joy around us?
- Houshalter 10y ago>If there's ever a "definition", it would be something like - pain is what I feel when this neuron gets activated. Not really a definition though. I would define it more like shocking a neural net with negative reward. A specific kind of learning process that learns to avoid a specific kind of situation, that's pain. >Does positioning the sand in a specific way cause pain? Of course not, because sand isn't a computer. The sand isn't doing any computation. It's static and unchanging. But if you actually made a computer out of sand, and you ran it, then yes, running the computer would be causing pain.