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Only living organisms feel
UnterstĂŒtzendes Argument
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The concept of feeling only applies ot living organisms. Because robots are mechanistic artifacts, not organisms, they cannot have feelings.
Paul Ziff (1959).
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Artificial Intelligence
Artificial IntelligenceâA collaboratively editable version of Robert Horns brilliant and pioneering debate map Can Computers Think?âexploring 50 years of philosophical argument about the possibility of computer thought.âF1CEB7
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Can computers think? [1]
Can computers think? [1]âCan a computational system possess all important elements of human thinking or understanding? âFFB597
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No: computers can't have emotions
No: computers can't have emotionsâMachines can never be in emotional states (they can never be angry, joyous, fearful etc), and emotions are necessary for thought.â59C6EF
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Machines can't have emotions
Machines can't have emotionsâMachines can never have emotional states.â9FDEF6
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Only living organisms feel
Only living organisms feelâThe concept of feeling only applies ot living organisms. Because robots are mechanistic artifacts, not organisms, they cannot have feelings.â98CE71
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Can imagine artifacts with feelings »
Can imagine artifacts with feelings
Can imagine artifacts with feelingsâWe can imagine artifcats that have feelings. For example, the Biblical account of creation in Genesis posits that humans are both living creatures and artifcacts created by God.âEF597B
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Definition of Alive is structurally based »
Definition of Alive is structurally based
Definition of Alive is structurally basedâBecause the definition of alive is not based on structure, it allows for nonhuman robot physiologies. Robots made of cogs and transistors instead of neurons and blood vessels might have feelings because they might actually be alive.âEF597B
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Non-living things may yet have feelings »
Non-living things may yet have feelings
Non-living things may yet have feelingsâHaving feelings does not logically imply being a living organism. Just because we havent yet come across any nonliving entities with feelings, doesnt mean that we wont in the future.âEF597B
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