On December 12th Jonathon Standley said << On a practical note, if the above hypothesis is correct, it would be relatively easy to identify << the signature patterns of different emotions (via PET or fMRI) and emotionally "program" an AI's << reward structure to ensure that it behaves itself
I would particularly be interested in seeing how different states of consciousness ie. Deep meditation and the state referred to as enlightenment is reflected at the brain level. Enlightenment pursued by many is characterized as a higher state of consciousness and is sometimes referred to in psychological literature as a peak experience but I am not sure if they are completely synonymous. People who have pursued the experience such as myself and have been given small tastes of success will tell you unequivocally that if it is not endorphins that are being released then there is something even more powerful at work within the brain. The interesting thing is that while in this state you perceive the intellect as being greatly heightened, with thoughts flowing at an extremely accelerated pace and the sense of one's self or being separate from everything else is eliminated or greatly diminished. Mystics who devote their live to the self-inducement of this state are not necessarily doing so for just philosophic or religious reasons. The sense of clarity and pleasure experienced during the state may be very addictive and may be the basis for the revelatory experiences that inspired all modern day religions. In many cases the experiences are so strong that a single experience has been known to cause people to completely change the direction of their lives. While it is difficult to separate the scientific literature from the large body of new age and religious hyperbole, there may be an overdrive gear that can be triggered in the mind by practice of meditative biofeedback. Should a FAI have a MetaGoal to maximize it's own perceived pleasure. Since the FAI will need a mechanism to prioritize it's internal goal states the external trigger for such a state could be used reprioritize the FAI's goals states at least during early development to induce it to follow positive modes of thought and stay out of areas such as obsessive compulsive behavior, antisocial behavior, paranoia, megalomania and other states associated with mental illness. By monitoring the FAI's long term goal stack is should be possible to view the FAI's basic life philosophy evolve. ------- To unsubscribe, change your address, or temporarily deactivate your subscription, please go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?[EMAIL PROTECTED]
