John Carmack: I’m going to work on artificial general intelligence

Re:John Carmack: I’m going to work on artificial general int... by balfirevic on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @09:37PM (#21532293)

> But, if this is a 100% replicated brain, doesn't that mean its suffering is just as real as a real brain's suffering, and therefor just as cruel?

Yes, it does.

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Re:John Carmack: I’m going to work on artificial general int... by ars on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @10:47PM (#21532588)

Or, assuming you don't believe in souls, "real" brain's suffering isn't real either. (The brain is just a machine, right?)

This reminds me of the idea that free will doesn't exist, but that we have to act as if it were.

So by analogy to that, maybe the AI isn't really suffering, but you have to act as if it were.

More food for thought:

Some surgery blocks memory but can be incredibly painful. Do we need to worry about that? Is the suffering that the brain can not remember "real"?

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Re:John Carmack: I’m going to work on artificial general int... by mercer on Sunday November 17, 2019 @03:20PM (#21559839)

I think the word 'real' is way too vague in this context.

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