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Why scientists want robots to learn to feel pain
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Posted on 05/27/2016 9:56:19 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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posted on
05/27/2016 9:56:19 AM PDT
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BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
05/27/2016 9:57:58 AM PDT
by
ifinnegan
(Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
To: BenLurkin; GraceG; Lazamataz; Springman; beaversmom; daltec; Salgak
Heading Towards the Synth.
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posted on
05/27/2016 10:04:00 AM PDT
by
KC_Lion
(Never Killary!)
To: ifinnegan
Safety for human co-workers is one goal. Apparently.
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posted on
05/27/2016 10:04:28 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
Because first the robots learn to feel pain, then if you torture them long enough, they can learn to hate us?
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posted on
05/27/2016 10:05:52 AM PDT
by
Boogieman
To: KC_Lion
"Do you really want to hurt me?"
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posted on
05/27/2016 10:06:32 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: ifinnegan
Actually it’s really smart. Pain is the most basic way you learn. You do something, it hurts, you don’t do that again. Think about electrical outlets, almost every kid in America zapped themselves once, and learned not to screw with those little holes in the wall. A pain type learning mechanism is a good way to structure adaptive behavior that will help the robot learn its own limitations without the programmers having to figure out every little possible way a robot can damage itself and program against them.
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posted on
05/27/2016 10:09:47 AM PDT
by
discostu
(Joan Crawford has risen from the grave)
To: BenLurkin
Headline: Robot Gets Kicked In The Nuts....and bolts.
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posted on
05/27/2016 10:11:10 AM PDT
by
N. Theknow
(Kennedys-Can't drive, can't ski, can't fly, can't skipper a boat-But they know what's best for you.)
To: N. Theknow
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posted on
05/27/2016 10:12:15 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
I maintained robots for years and it did help me to anthropomorphize them when troubleshooting.
I don’t see the utility of the “pain” concept however.
Just tell it not to do that.
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posted on
05/27/2016 10:13:51 AM PDT
by
mrsmith
(Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
To: discostu
Robot: “Technician, it hurts when I do this.”
Technician: “Don’t do that.”
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posted on
05/27/2016 10:20:23 AM PDT
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mrsmith
(Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
To: BenLurkin
If pain was not useful for survival, we would not have it as humans.
Same with pleasure.
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05/27/2016 10:22:28 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(Chuck Norris finally met his match in Donald Trump.)
To: BenLurkin
Ah yes, one of the best recent science fiction movies and with a tiny budget compared with all of the current SF releases.
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posted on
05/27/2016 10:22:43 AM PDT
by
Truth29
To: discostu; BenLurkin
My comment addresses the anthropomorphism.
It is not pain.
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posted on
05/27/2016 10:23:38 AM PDT
by
ifinnegan
(Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
To: ifinnegan
It’s pain if they say it’s pain. Pain isn’t a strictly human thing, animals experience it too. And that is the model to use, making the robot’s body able to signal the brain “stop doing that” to avoid damage IS a pain response on the most basic mechanical level.
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05/27/2016 10:28:14 AM PDT
by
discostu
(Joan Crawford has risen from the grave)
To: BenLurkin
...scientists want robots to learn to feel pain. So robots are going to be allowed to get married? (ba-dum-bash) I'll be here all week, tip your waitress.
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posted on
05/27/2016 10:36:15 AM PDT
by
Sergio
(An object at rest cannot be stopped! - The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight)
To: BenLurkin
Quick retreat. Long term avoidance.
But it’s code, not pain.
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posted on
05/27/2016 10:36:30 AM PDT
by
samtheman
(Trump For America.)
To: discostu
“Its pain if they say its pain. “
Silly.
Pain serves as an anology, at most, with which the developers can present their approach to a lay audience.
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05/27/2016 10:47:19 AM PDT
by
ifinnegan
(Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
To: BenLurkin
"Pain don't hurt."
Patrick Swayze in Roadhouse, a movie chock full of horrible lines...
To: BenLurkin
(in monotone): “Mmm-buzz-click, ow that hurts.”
Extra points for anyone who recognizes the reference.
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