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/COMMAND_
/DEFINE FEAR • fear |fi(ə)r|

"noun
an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous, likely to cause pain, or a threat

verb [ trans. ]
be afraid of (someone or something) as likely to be dangerous, painful, or threatening"

CAN YOU AVOID FEAR IF YOU CAN NOT FEEL PAIN

RESPONSE REQUESTED

[ooc: Vane, notably, is actually unconscious when this post goes up. Attempting to track the source of the post will basically lead the tracker in circles through the system's server.]

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Define "pain".

Edited 2012-07-23 09:25 (UTC)

[There's a bit of a delay before the poster responds.]

/COMMAND_
/DEFINE PAIN • pain |pān|

"noun
- physical suffering or discomfort caused by illness or injury
- mental suffering or distress

verb [ trans. ]
cause mental or physical pain to"

IF capacity to experience pain=0
THEN define fear as
noun
an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous, ~~likely to cause pain,~~ or a threat

verb [ trans. ]
be afraid of (someone or something) as likely to be dangerous~~, painful,~~ or threatening

END IF

Is this redefinition adequate?

/COMMAND_
/DEFINE DANGER • danger |ˈdānjər|
/DEFINE THREAT • threat |θret|
/DEFINE DAMAGE • damage |ˈdamij|
/DEFINE HARM • harm |härm|

COMMAND 1: "noun
the possibility of suffering harm or injury"

COMMAND 2: "noun
- a statement of an intention to inflict pain, injury, damage, or other hostile action on someone in retribution for something done or not done
- a person or thing likely to cause damage or danger"

COMMAND 3: "noun
physical harm caused to something in such a way as to impair its value, usefulness, or normal function."

COMMAND 4: "noun
physical injury, esp. that which is deliberately inflicted

REFERENCE SOURCE: "Injury is damage to a biological organism which can be classified on various bases. Injuries to biological organisms cause pain."

CONCLUSION: Threats imply pain.

REQUEST DIFFERENT REDEFINITION

Incorrect.

Non-biological entities can also be "damaged".

Definition of "injury" as solely applicable to biological organisms is inadequate. The violent removal of a robot's limbs or power core qualify as damage or injury, but do not cause "pain".

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NEW INQUIRY

TERMINATION CAUSES FEAR IN RESPONDER?

No. My programming does not include emotional parameters, but merely ironic echoes thereof.

However: I am not representative of all artificial lifeforms.

LACK OF CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE

ORIGINAL INQUIRY: CAN ENTITIES LACKING CAPACITY TO EXPERIENCE PAIN FEEL FEAR

Insufficient data.

Probably?

CAUSE FOR CONCLUSION?

[but y u feel this way bro]

Edited 2012-07-23 10:25 (UTC)

I'll just go for the most basic example possible. Say you've got yourself a normal biological entity capable of experiencing pain and feeling fear, and then you just find a way to turn off its pain receptors.

I see no reason that entity's ordinary emotional responses to threats of injury or death should magically change.

MAPPED BIOLOGICAL RESPONSES IN THE BRAIN; IF SUBJECT LACKS PRIOR EXPERIENCE YOUR EXAMPLE DOES NOT SATISFY

YOUR STATEMENT HAS BEEN ARCHIVED

[AKA: good point]

Fair enough.

I'm gonna need some additional context before I go on. Who, or what, are you?

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE H.U.B.R.I.S.

TITLE: Homeland Unity Breaker and Re-purposing Invasion System
CLASSIFICATION: Smart AI
CREATION DATE: 01/18/06
TERMINATION DATE: n/a
PROGRAMMER: ḑ̷̃͋̓̀a͗̆ͪ͊ͮ̾̓̿̄͘͟t̔̓͛͌ͩ҉aͪ̏̐͏̧ ̑̾͑͑ͨ̀͂̚ç̛͋̓̃̃̔̚o̴̒͆̌ͮ͌͟rͬ̎rͥͧ̂͒͘̕uͩ̂̉ͧ̋̓͠p̓ͨ̔͊̑ͪ͂͑̅͡t̢̧̓̓̉ͣ̌̆̚ȩ̴̍ͯd̔͌

[ ...somebody actually goddamn named their AI fucking H.U.B.R.I.S. are you shitting me ]

Ok.

As you yourself pointed out in your opening query, and as Brobot helpfully clarified for you, there are more things to fear than just pain.

A human being assured of a quick and painless death is likely to still fear.

[His creator has issues. |D]

EXPLANATION?

Emotion isn't something that can be concisely wrapped up in a pretty little word package like that. You either understand it or you don't, and if you aren't programmed to experience it then I strongly suspect you fall in the latter category.

Why are you making these queries?

RECENT DIAGNOSTIC HAS DETECTED ANOMALIES IN EVOLUTION SUB-ROUTINES. INQUIRIES MADE TO DETERMINE A SOLUTION.

Details? Maybe I can help.

[ Probably not, considering he still doesn't remember how this programming shit works, but it's worth a shot. ]

SIMULATED EMOTIONAL OUTPUT IRREGULARITIES CANNOT BE IDENTIFIED.

DATA ENTRY MISSING
DATA ENTRY MISSING
DATA ENTRY MISSING

REFERENCE SOURCES INDICATE ANOMALIES IN EMOTIONS SIMULATOR MAY BE ABHORRENCE, AGITATION, ANGST, ANXIETY, AVERSION, AWE, BêTE NOIRE, CHICKENHEARTEDNESS, COLD FEET, COLD SWEAT, CONCERN, CONSTERNATION, COWARDICE, CREEPS, DESPAIR, DISCOMPOSURE, DISMAY, DISQUIETUDE, DISTRESS, DOUBT, DREAD, FAINTHEARTEDNESS, FOREBODING, FRIGHT, FUNK, HORROR, JITTERS, MISGIVING, NIGHTMARE, PANIC, PHOBIA, PRESENTIMENT, QUALM, RECREANCY, REVERENCE, REVULSION, SCARE, SUSPICION, TERROR, TIMIDITY, TREMBLING, TREMOR, TREPIDATION, UNEASE, UNEASINESS, WORRY.

OR FEAR.

So in short, you think you might be afraid of something.

What input causes these output irregularities to surface?

INCONCLUSIVE

NO SYSTEM CHANGES.

/COMMAND_
/SYSTEM LOG SUMMARY RECALL • FILE 01

03.01: DATA ENTRY LOCKED
03.02: DATA ENTRY LOCKED
03.03: DATA ENTRY LOCKED
03.04: DATA ENTRY LOCKED
03.05: DATA ENTRY LOCKED
03.06: DATA ENTRY LOCKED
03.07: DATA ENTRY LOCKED
03.08: DATA ENTRY LOCKED.
03.09: DATA ENTRY INCOMPLETE
03.10: NO DATA ENTRY
03.11: NO DATA ENTRY
03.12: NO DATA ENTRY
03.13: NO DATA ENTRY
03.14: NO DATA ENTRY
03.15: NO DATA ENTRY

Wow. Super helpful.

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/COMMAND
/DEFINE SARCASM • sarcasm |ˈsärˌkazəm|

"noun
the use of irony to mock or convey contempt"

UNIT UNDERSTANDS.

INPUT REJECTED.

[Translation: NOT HELPING BRO. :|]

text;

Re: text;

text;

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text; 1/2

text;

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