Stathis Papaioannou wrote:
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> Hello Dave/Chris,
>
> I agree with everything you say, and have long admired "The Hedonistic
> Imperative". Motivation need not be linked to pain, and for that matter
> it need not be linked to pleasure either. We can imagine an artificial
> intelligence without any emotions but completely dedicated to the
> pursuit of whatever goals it has been set. It is just a contingent fact
> of evolution that we can experience pleasure and pain.
I don't know how you can be sure of that. How do you know that being completely dedicated is not the same has having a motivating emotion?
Brent Meeker
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Received on Tue Dec 26 2006 - 03:33:00 PST