Re: Emotion in Robots

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From: Bob
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 1999 00:00

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Arthur T. Murray wrote in message <385d988b.0@news.victoria.tc.ca>...
>Gordon McComb, gmccomb@gmccomb.com, wrote on Sun, 19 Dec 1999:
>
>> JimT9999 wrote:
>
>>> Pain & Fear
>>> Keep in mind that all bumper switches are now considered "painful."
>
>> <rest snipped>
>GMcC:
>> How do you reconcile these "emotions" in a robot designed
>> specifically for making physical contact?  If a robot is
>> made to sense its environment via tactile feedback, how are
>> these senses then considered painful?
>
>ATM:
...>A sensor for tactile feedback will only register *pain* if signals
>from the sensor enter the mindgrid and activate special grids that
>are *interpreted* as pain:  burning, or impact, or freezing, etc.


I think the point here is that if you assume all bumper swithces are
considered "pain" won't your robot soon learn to grind to a halt and sit
perfectly still in order to avoid the pain?  Unless, of course, you can
define your robot to be a masochist.

Bob

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From: "Bob" <bobd@saracon.com>
Subject: Re: Emotion in Robots
Date: 1999/12/20
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