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Robots and love
jwhouk:
--- Quote from: DSL on 02 Sep 2011, 09:38 ---Don't know who said it, but this works for me as a def. of love: When the happiness of another is central to your own.
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Thinking of others before yourself.
An AI, under that definition, is capable of love - especially if that is how they were programmed. To think, of others, before themselves.
Random Al Yousir:
--- Quote from: pwhodges on 02 Sep 2011, 13:17 ---Not always. The Seahorse male carries the fertilised eggs in his pouch.
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Huh. There goes one of my arguments. However, the other one still holds.
--- Quote from: jwhouk on 02 Sep 2011, 13:36 ---Thinking of others before yourself.
An AI, under that definition, is capable of love - especially if that is how they were programmed. To think, of others, before themselves.
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There we are again. If a being is programmed to care about others, could this really be love?
In my book this should be a decision out of your own free will, but then again ...
Why, when we put our motives to a merciless test, why do we decide to love someone?
TRVA123:
--- Quote from: Random Al Yousir on 02 Sep 2011, 14:02 ---There we are again. If a being is programmed to care about others, could this really be love?
In my book this should be a decision out of your own free will, but then again ...
Why, when we put our motives to a merciless test, why do we decide to love someone?
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New mothers have a strong chemical reaction when they spend time with their baby. With most of them it triggers a powerful love for the child. Programming?
Skewbrow:
--- Quote from: Random Al Yousir on 02 Sep 2011, 14:02 ---
There we are again. If a being is programmed to care about others, could this really be love?
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They call it the genetic code for a reason?
Is it cold in here?:
Descartes thought that non-human animals were mere machines and didn't have feelings. I don't subscribe to the belief that humans are unique in having emotions.
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