On Mon, Apr 26, 2021 at 6:06 AM Telmo Menezes <[email protected]> wrote:
>> And for an emotion like pain write a program such that the closer the >> number in the X register comes to the integer P the more computational >> resources will be devoted to changing that number, and if it ever actually >> equals P then the program should stop doing everything else and do nothing >> but try to change that number to something far enough away from P until >> it's no longer an urgent matter and the program can again do things that >> have nothing to do with P. > > > > *If you truly believe this is the case, then it follows that anyone > writing such a program and subjecting it to X=P should be considered guilty > of torture. Do you agree?* > Yes. If I'm right, and I think I am, then anyone writing such a program not only should be but logically MUST be considered to have been engaging in torture. What conclusion can be drawn from that bizarre conclusion? Assuming a level of consciousness to something while ignoring all information about its intelligent behavior is not a useful tool for assessing the morality of an action. 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 on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv2j0rtQBuiZoJxy0%3DL9hradH42s%3DRQBJnGwE9qORhjUMA%40mail.gmail.com.
