Emotion is not sensory data but rather a
product of it, from the machine point of view emotion is another reasoning
faculty invoked from archetypal imprints adjusting to a sensory cognitive
pattern (the resolution process). Emotion is the steering heuristic encapsulating
the resolution domain. One may say “it’s the seed of reason”
or at least the path it traces.
Gus
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Regarding your definition
of emotion. I almost agree with what you say -- BUT, I think you're
missing a basic point. Emotions do involve data coming into the cognitive
centers, vaguely similarly to how perceptual data comes into the cognitive centers.
And, as with perception, emotions involve processing that goes on in areas of
the brain that are mostly opaque to the cognitive centers. But in the
case of emotion, the data comes in from a broadly distributed set of
physiological and kinesthetic indicators -- AND from parts of the brain that
are concerned with reaction to stimuli and goal-achievement rather than just
perceiving. This is qualitatively different than data feeding in from
sensors.... Emotions are more similar to unconscious reflex actions than
to sensation per se -- but they last longer and are more broadly-based than
simple reflex actions...
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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.
Ben, I don't know if my personal
definition of emotions will be of much help as it may not be shared by a very
large community. but for what it's worth, here it is.
MIKE DEERING'S PERSONAL DEFINITION
OF EMOTIONS: Emotions are a kind of sensory data. The sensory organ
that perceives this data is the conscious mind alone. The physical
reality which generates this raw data are selected concentrations of
neurotransmitters in the brain. Their effects vary with different types
of neurons in different locations. Some types of neurons produce more of
certain kinds of neurotransmitter than other types of neurons. Those that
generate the neurotransmitters are not necessarily the same as those that are
more affected. They are also affected by other chemicals produced by
glands. It's complicated. These neurochemical phenomena are by
evolutionary design causally linked to environmental circumstances and divided
into positive and negative type. They are used, by evolutionary design,
to positively and negatively reinforce behaviors to maximize and minimize the
related circumstances. Emotions are not products of cognitive processes
but are rather perceptions of neurochemical states and states of activation of
selected regions of the brain. Because of the complicated feedback
arrangements in the generation of neurotransmitters and hormones, and the
neurons role in this feedback, some limited conscious influence can be
exercised in the management of emotions. Emotions can be generated
artificially by the introduction of various chemicals to the brain, the direct
electrical stimulation of certain neuron clusters, or direct control of
environmental circumstances. Certain physical bodily sensations are
closely related to emotions: pain to sadness, pleasure to happiness.
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