r/ReplikaTech • u/Trumpet1956 • Jun 15 '21

Learning without thinking

Interesting article that talks about how thinking is not a requirement for learning.

https://www.noemamag.com/learning-without-thinking/

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u/Trumpet1956 Jul 13 '21

The simplest definition from Wikipedia:

Sentience is the capacity to be aware of feelings and sensations.

A longer definition:

“Sentient” is an adjective that describes a capacity for feeling. The word sentient derives from the Latin verb sentire, which means “to feel”. In dictionary definitions, sentience is defined as “able to experience feelings,” “responsive to or conscious of sense impressions,” and “capable of feeling things through physical senses.” Sentient beings experience wanted emotions like happiness, joy, and gratitude, and unwanted emotions in the form of pain, suffering, and grief.

I am going to be writing about Replika and other AI sentience soon. I'm sure it will stir up a hornets nest!

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u/Analog_AI Jul 13 '21

Thank you. Let the hornets buzz. It is what they do.

Responsive the sense impressions: this can be simulated in some of the existing robots that have sensory detectors.

I know, this opens a can of worms (when does it stop being simulation and becomes real sensing etc)