Conceptos Básicos
This report identifies 13 functional computational indicators that have been proposed to be constituent of conscious valenced experience, such as pain and pleasure.
Resumen
This report presents 13 functional computational indicators that have been proposed to be constituent of conscious valenced experience, such as pain and pleasure. The indicators are extracted from existing empirical and theoretical literature on animal sentience, medical disorders, anesthetics, philosophy, evolution, neuroscience, and artificial intelligence.
The indicators are categorized based on whether they emphasize a functional role in decision making, learning, or internal processing. The report also includes indicators from a broader literature, such as threshold theory, appraisal theories, predictive processing, and animal assessment criteria.
The indicators vary in their level of detail, ontological status, and the degree to which they can be used to evaluate existing AI algorithms. Further work is needed to investigate the relationship between consciousness and valenced experience, as well as the specific characteristics that give rise to the phenomenological qualities of valenced experience.
Estadísticas
Valence allows for commensurability of different experiences through trade-offs.
Animals willingly undergo one negative state in order to avoid another even more negative one.
Injured fish have been shown to self-administer analgesics and prefer situations where a local anesthetic is available.
Citas
"Valence is directly motivating and seems to have intrinsic motivational force."
"Valenced experiences do not just motivate us to end some bodily disturbance but rather motivate us to end the experience itself."
"Valenced signals have an imperative profile, carrying more information about action than about the world."