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ToastyRedApple t1_it7qtm9 wrote

Reply to comment by Lawjarp2 in Thoughts on Full Dive - Are we in one right now? by fignewtgingrich

You literally need emotions in order to exist though… without fear you would starve to death or get killed by something stupid because you weren’t concerned about it. Without pleasure you wouldn’t feel a drive to do anything, you’d just sit around. I think it is probable that AI will experience these emotions too, it’s probably a fundamental part of intelligence

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Lawjarp2 t1_it81vpt wrote

Fear is needed because we are limited in our mental capacity. Fear is what focuses our limited mental abilities to a task that is needed for survival. Fear is also not optimal, anxiety is literally our fear mechanism failing to work properly. But fear of death is nothing but the need to survive. It is the literal core of everything else. One can even say, it's the only thing needed and everything else is a proxy for it. If survival is all you need, is it wise to expend huge amounts of energy probing the experiences of an ape society?

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