Mike, > Bill, I agree with you that emotions are tied to > motivation of behavior in humans. Humans prefer the > experience of some emotions and avoid the experience of > others, and therefore generate their behavior to maximize > these goals. I think this is a peculiarly biological > situation and need now be replicated in AI's. I think in > AI's we have the design option to base the motivation of > behavior on more rational grounds.
I would say that behavior of any intelligence must be motivated by values for distinguishing good and bad outcomes, and that "emotion" is essentially just a word we use for those values in humans. Of course, an AI need not express its values as humans do, through facial expressions, body language, and tone of voice. If an AI needs to communicate with humans, a way of mimicking human emotional expressions will be useful for that communication. Cheers, Bill ------- To unsubscribe, change your address, or temporarily deactivate your subscription, please go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
