On Mon, Apr 26, 2021, 5:29 AM John Clark <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 > What's the difference between / how do we know, the program is experiencing pain when P is high, versus the program is experiencing bliss when P is low? Or is bliss merely the complete absence of pain and the distinction in my prior question is meaningless? Jason > -- > 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 > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv2j0rtQBuiZoJxy0%3DL9hradH42s%3DRQBJnGwE9qORhjUMA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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/CA%2BBCJUgS5yBWLfjZXHBJ5Bx9orNF%2BKfbE142XPZfXLvgeu6yhA%40mail.gmail.com.
