> Pain is a feedback mechanism and often the result of something being broken or poorly performing. I think that's a very reductionist view point that differs

> Pain is a feedback mechanism and often the result of something being broken or poorly performing. I think that's a very reductionist view point that differs from the official definition of pain? > There’s nothing magic about it, other than that we don’t currently understand much about how it works or how to modulate it. I didn't claim that it's magical. Just that you wouldn't be able to produce the experience of pain algorithmically? Still waiting for someone to explain how it could be produced algorithmically. I asked GPT. It said it would be immoral to even think about doing so if we could. > It’s like saying, “if we’re reducible to machines then explain itchiness”. If you can explain how itchiness is created algorithmically, I would also take that just out of curiosity! Though not the same as pain, it would be a good starting point maybe.