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 The way some (!) artificial intelligence works is by reward functions. Essentially, the neural network gets a problem to solve, responds with an action and then we give a "score" back to it. Say, bowling. Each pin gives +10, missing the throw is -50, and by letting it repeat and repeat it will try out all kinds of angles and speeds and spins until it settles into solution that gives it maximum points. The way some (!) artificial intelligence works is by reward functions. Essentially, the neural network gets a problem to solve, responds with an action and then we give a "score" back to it. Say, bowling. Each pin gives +10, missing the throw is -50, and by letting it repeat and repeat it will try out all kinds of angles and speeds and spins until it settles into solution that gives it maximum points.
  
-I believe with humans it's the same. Humans constantly train their neural networks (learn) and pain and suffering are a conscious expression of reward mechanisms being triggered in your brain. All pain is aimed at discouraging you from attempting that strategy again, and all pleasure is meant to encourage you to do the same thing again.+I believe with humans it's the same. Humans constantly train their neural networks (learn) and pain and suffering are a conscious expression of reward mechanisms being triggered in your brain. All pain is aimed at discouraging you from doing what brought you here //again//, and all pleasure is meant to encourage you to repeat the thing that lead to you experiencing reward.
  
 Inside the human brain, you could, in theory, boil everything down into the result of a reward function, and that reward function is comprised of the many little things that human brains consider to be  conducive to their survival and the things they consider to be deducive to their survival. Snakes and getting bit are deducive and therefore humans, even babies, are naturally averse to snakes and feel pain (ie. the reduction of a number in the reward function) where it takes conscious effort and training to overcome that fear (though it's easier to do with babies who have only what little fear of snakes can be coded into dna as opposed to real life negative experiences). Inside the human brain, you could, in theory, boil everything down into the result of a reward function, and that reward function is comprised of the many little things that human brains consider to be  conducive to their survival and the things they consider to be deducive to their survival. Snakes and getting bit are deducive and therefore humans, even babies, are naturally averse to snakes and feel pain (ie. the reduction of a number in the reward function) where it takes conscious effort and training to overcome that fear (though it's easier to do with babies who have only what little fear of snakes can be coded into dna as opposed to real life negative experiences).
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