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I can see us walking into a situation where we make a robot that has motor functions, but we don't give it the equivalent of nerves and nerve endings so and so
by Andrex 3y ago
I can see us walking into a situation where we make a robot that has motor functions, but we don't give it the equivalent of nerves and nerve endings so and so it doesn't feel pain. That would definitely warp a human's development.
But then, is it ethical to build in pain receptors? Feels like we're brushing up against the territory of gods.
- gls2ro 3y agoWhat would pain receptors be in a robot? I ask this as I think the ethical dilemma should more about implementing suffering as a long term damaging effect of a stimuli. When I think about pain I see it as a level that triggers a need to change something. Our brains are perceiving this level in a very uncomfortable way so we call this pain. So I really think that without consciousness we cannot implement pain or suffering as we humans perceive it.
- Andrex 3y ago> So I really think that without consciousness we cannot implement pain or suffering as we humans perceive it. Perhaps, but I guess it would depend on your definition of consciousness. We do not extend that definition to most animals and yet they definitely feel pain. You're right, the "feeling" of pain is ephemeral and hard to translate to a computer program. It would probably take a while doing potentially nasty experiments (to both man and machine) to nail it down.