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This reminds me of a interesting armchair moral dilemma: Assume we have the tech to replicate/simulate a biological brain. Now say we want to study the effects
by air7 7y ago
This reminds me of a interesting armchair moral dilemma: Assume we have the tech to replicate/simulate a biological brain. Now say we want to study the effects of extreme pain/torture etc on the brain. Instead of studying living animals or humans we'd just simulate a brain, and simulate sending it pain signals and see what happens.
But, if this is a 100% replicated brain, doesn't that mean its suffering is just as real as a real brain's suffering, and therefor just as cruel? And if not, what's the difference?
- lonelappde 7y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethics_of_artificial_intelligence#Robot_rights https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethics_of_artificial_intelli...
- balfirevic 7y ago> But, if this is a 100% replicated brain, doesn't that mean its suffering is just as real as a real brain's suffering, and therefor just as cruel? Yes, it does.
- ars 7y agoOr, assuming you don't believe in souls, "real" brain's suffering isn't real either. (The brain is just a machine, right?) This reminds me of the idea that free will doesn't exist, but that we have to act as if it were. So by analogy to that, maybe the AI isn't really suffering, but you have to act as if it were. More food for thought: Some surgery blocks memory but can be incredibly painful. Do we need to worry about that? Is the suffering that the brain can not remember "real"?
- mercer 7y agoI think the word 'real' is way too vague in this context.
- rfhjt 7y agoFwiw, after a certain amount of pain, brain "transcends it": everything disappears, there are some curious colors here and there, but there is no pain. Experienced that during an in ear infection.