--- Derek Zahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Matt Mahoney writes:> Below is a program that can feel pain. It is a
> simulation of a programmable> 2-input logic gate that you train using
> reinforcement conditioning.

> Is it ethical to compile and run this program?

Well, that is a good question.  Ethics is very complex.  It is not just a
question of inflicting pain.  Is it ethical to punish a child for stealing? 
Is it ethical to swat a fly?  Is it ethical to give people experimental drugs?

(Apologies for posting the program twice.  My first post was delayed several
hours).


-- Matt Mahoney, [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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