I think may be less "pain" and more "unpleasantness". Errors and warnings and such would be like dissonant sounds or clashing colors. when all is working as it should: music and rainbows. pleasure. warnings and errors: cacophony and garishness. displeasure.
~~J On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 6:11 PM, Jochen Fromm <[email protected]> wrote: > Nick once asked the list how a computer > perceives and experiences itself. The > answer is of course it does not do this. > Usually. But if a computer would be able to feel, then it would probably > perceive error messages as painful. ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
