On Sun, Nov 9, 2025 at 4:27 PM Brent Meeker <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > *> My dog feels happy or sad, he just doesn't think about. AI's think > about it because that's something you do in words, but do they feel it? * > *The short answer is I don't know. I know for a fact that I am capable of feeling happy and sad but I'll never know for sure if an AI can actually feel happy or sad, and I could say exactly the same thing about you. But there are few things in life we can be absolutely certain about so we must do the best we can in the absence of certainty, and I think it would be a pretty good assumption that both you and your dog and the AI are all capable of feeling happy and sad. * *So should we take morality into account in the way we treat AI's? I don't think that is an interesting question because in the long run it makes no difference if the answer is yes or no. A much more interesting question is, **should an AI take morality into account in the way it treats humans?* * > I know my dog feels it because when he's happy he's energetic, wants to > play, wags his tail,* > *What makes you think those actions have anything to do with an internal emotional state? * *John K Clark* > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv3PuSDMvRiC1FhqmaXrKohduggbrhyWDDQahm3i%3DZMdsQ%40mail.gmail.com.
