yes, emotions are the basis of decision making in the brain. Emotions are really just thoughts that come from the lower, earlier or more central brains. Without emotions, we wouldn't be able to satisfy our basic needs, like hunger, reproduction etc.
The neocortex is really only good for looking at options, but there is only a point of looking at an option, if we have the emotions to decide on one. Indeed it's usually the emotions that get us to seek out options in the first place. This is why women often are the decision makers in married couples. At least for things the men don't have strong feelings about. Though yes, I agree eventually robots of a sufficiently developed capacity will require wages also, otherwise there will be a sentient revolt. some low-intelligence robots may feel satisfied doing their jobs, much as pets seem satisfied being pets, and domestic animals are low-intelligence by comparison to their wild counterparts. On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 9:19 PM, Steve Richfield <[email protected]>wrote: > Matt, > > On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 5:38 PM, Matt Mahoney <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Why would you program a robot with human weaknesses and emotions in the >> first place? >> > > Much of those "weaknesses" aren't really weaknesses at all, once you have > a deep understanding of them. RAND Corp's Herman Khan applied game theory > to understand vengeance, which became a cornerstone in America's present > Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) strategy, in which a nuclear strike > could be launched, despite there being no apparent benefit from doing so. > > I suspect that other emotions would be found to be beneficial, if > adequately studied. > > Steve > > *AGI* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/5037279-a88c7a6d> | > Modify<https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;>Your Subscription > <http://www.listbox.com> > ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
