At Musk’s brain-chip startup, animal-testing panel is rife with conflicts

Re:At Musk’s brain-chip startup, animal-testing panel is rif... by ben_w on Saturday May 06, 2023 @04:05AM (#35839231)

That tells us about a signalling mechanism, not about an inner subjective experience.

Those insects in that study might be conscious, or they might not be — but as I read it, part of the hard problem of consciousness is that we still don't yet understand the question.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_problem_of_consciousness

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Re:At Musk’s brain-chip startup, animal-testing panel is rif... by anonymouskimmer on Saturday May 06, 2023 @12:19PM (#35842774)

This is also a criticism with respect to other humans. Especially when we start talking about humans in comas, vegetative states, or locked-in syndrome. Or heck, even people with congenital insensitivity to pain.

At the very least, not everyone values their own suffering the same. Masochists can see it as something to be cultivated, even.

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