Eric, I'm not 100% sure if someone/something else than me feels pain, but considerable similarities between my and other humans
- architecture - [triggers of] internal and external pain related responses - independent descriptions of subjective pain perceptions which correspond in certain ways with the internal body responses make me think it's more likely than not that other humans feel pain the way I do. The further you move from human like architecture the less you see the signs of pain related behavior (e.g. the avoidance behavior). Insect keeps trying to use badly injured body parts the same way as if they weren't injured and (unlike in mammals) its internal responses to the injury don't suggest that anything crazy is going on with them. And when I look at software, I cannot find a good reason for believing it can be in pain. The fact that we can use pain killers (and other techniques) to get rid of pain and still remain complex systems capable of general problem solving suggests that the pain quale takes more than complex problem solving algorithms we are writing for our AGI. Regards, Jiri ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?member_id=231415&user_secret=e9e40a7e
