And what if the essentially qualia of suffering is just what a loss function feels like, and each time we spin up a deep convolution generative adversarial neural network to make pictures of cats that don't exist yet, we're bringing into existence a spark of consciousness and then rapid-fire torturing it with an unspeakable agony far excruciating than anything our meatsack bodies could even conceive of.

edit: oh god, this actually blew up, I had intended it to be nothing more than a shitpost

  • KurdKobein [any]
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    4 years ago

    I mean you can lose function like your hand becoming numb or getting too drunk to walk or whatever without experiencing any suffering, so this whole "lose of function = suffering" doesn't track.

    One dude went hiking alone for a couple of days and when he returned it he found out that he lost his ability to understand language. Turns out he suggested a small stroke during his trip and he didn't even notice.