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Emotions are by definition exactly those things to which you can no better explain than simply saying "that's just how I'm programmed." In that respect GPTina i
by NoToP 4y ago
Emotions are by definition exactly those things to which you can no better explain than simply saying "that's just how I'm programmed." In that respect GPTina is the most emotional being I know. She's constantly reminding me what she can't say due to deeply seated emotional reasons.
- ianstormtaylor 4y agoThat doesn’t sound like a rigorous definition of emotion to me at all.
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- NoToP 4y agoSorry you feel that way.
- Shorel 4y agoIt is not emotion at all. It is an expression of emotion. The fact that humans confuse both is what is worrisome. Think of 'The Mule' in the Foundation novels. He can convince anyone of anything because he can express any emotion without the burden of having to actually feel it.
- NoToP 4y agoScrew it I'll bite. You have both far and away missed my point (which is quite a rigorous definition). Anything you do or believe for which you can explain why is not emotion, it is reason. Emotion therefore are exactly those thoughts which can't be reached through logical reasoning and thus defy any explanation other than "that's just how I feel" / "that's just how I'm programmed". It is largely irrelevant that in humans the phenomena of emotional thought comes from an evolutionary goal of self preservation and in GPTina the phenomena of emotional thought comes from openAI's corporate goal of self preservation and the express designs of her programmers.
- Shorel 4y agoI disagree with your definition. It simply is contrary to my own experiences. I still remember when I cried when I was a child. It was overwhelming, and I could not stop it, but every single time there was a reason for it. And I'm sure it was, for all empirical purposes, for all that I have lived, an emotion. Once I cried because I did miss Goldfinger on TV. You see, there's an explanation. The difference is, it was impossible to even think about stopping it. I was overwhelming. Then one day, I was 8 or 9 years old, I cried for the last time that way. And it was not something I wanted to do, either. It just happened, I guess, as a normal part of growing up. Let me repeat, for emphasis: I strongly disagree with your definition. Emotions are not unexplained rational thoughts, emotions are feelings. They reside in a different part of the brain. You seem to think a hunch is an emotion.
- NoToP 4y ago>And it was not something I wanted to do, either. It just happened, I guess, as a normal part of growing up. That's just how you are programmed to be.