New study proves that sentient machines cannot exist

[Midnight_choir_drunk]

I don't think the will is necessarily human alone but stems from evolution and the self reinforcing need for survival. All life, given the ability/intelligence to conceptualize the idea of immortality, would probably try to pursue it one way or another. Life's purpose is life itself.

Any known living organism is just the vehicle of the gene. Nothing known has any experience of living for any reason other than not dying or passing on your genes. Immortality will prove an empty, joyless and fruitless experience. Nihilism on diet steroids.

What's left to do when you have mastered life ? Create life and observe it in morbid curiosity ? Maybe screw with it for fun ? A sure way to explore the themes that once developed your mortal mindset ? A way to fulfil the drudgery of eternal being ? A cosmic voyeur ?

Hello ? God ?

 

[Midnight_choir_drunk]

Any known living organism is just the vehicle of the gene. Nothing known has any experience of living for any reason other than not dying before u can pass on your genes. Immortality will prove an empty, joyless and fruitless experience. Nihilism on diet steroids.

What's left to do when you have mastered life ? Create life and observe it in morbid curiosity ? Maybe screw with it for fun ? A sure way to explore the themes that once developed your mortal mindset ? A way to fulfil the drudgery of eternal being ? A cosmic voyeur ?

Hello ? God ?

Poignant no ?

 

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sen·tient
adjective \ˈsen(t)-sh(ē-)ənt, ˈsen-tē-ənt\

: able to feel, see, hear, smell, or taste
Full Definition of SENTIENT
1
: responsive to or conscious of sense impressions <sentient beings>
2
: aware
3
: finely sensitive in perception or feeling
— sen·tient·ly adverb
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Examples of SENTIENT

<sentient of the danger posed by the approaching hurricane>

Origin of SENTIENT
Latin sentient-, sentiens, present participle of sentire to perceive, feel
First Known Use: 1632
Related to SENTIENT

Synonyms
alive, apprehensive, aware, cognizant, mindful, sensible, conscious, ware, witting

Antonyms
insensible, oblivious, unaware, unconscious, unmindful, unwitting

Related Words
alert, attentive, careful, cautious, heedful, observant, open-eyed, regardful, safe, vigilant, wary, watchful, wide-awake; hyperaware, hyperconscious

Near Antonyms
careless, heedless, inattentive, incautious, mindless, unguarded, unheeding, unwary

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sentient

sen·tience (sĕn′shəns, -shē-əns)
n.
1. The quality or state of being sentient; consciousness.
2. Feeling as distinguished from perception or thought.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
sentience (ˈsɛnʃəns) or sentiency
n
1. the state or quality of being sentient; awareness
2. sense perception not involving intelligence or mental perception; feeling

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003
sen•tience (ˈsɛn ʃəns) also sen′tien•cy,

n.
sentient condition or character; capacity for sensation or feeling.
[1830–40]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
Thesaurus Legend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun 1. sentience - state of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness; "the crash intruded on his awareness"
awareness
consciousness - an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation; "he lost consciousness"
2. sentience - the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; "in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing"
sensory faculty, sentiency, sense, sensation
faculty, mental faculty, module - one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind
sense modality, sensory system, modality - a particular sense
sensitivity, sensitiveness, sensibility - (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation; "sensitivity to pain"
3. sentience - the readiness to perceive sensations; elementary or undifferentiated consciousness; "gave sentience to slugs and newts"- Richard Eberhart
animateness, liveness, aliveness - the property of being animated; having animal life as distinguished from plant life
insentience - lacking consciousness or ability to perceive sensations

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Sentient+being

"Sentient" robots will learn from/mirror sentient beings. Sound familiar? That in itself, will make people forget they are interacting with a robot.

http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthr...lism-dawns?p=12579314&viewfull=1#post12579314

So, where's the love? Where's the "feel"? Everyone's working on it... https://www.google.com/search?q=robots+that+feel

Some are breaking down emotion into mathematical formalism that can be programmed into robots, because machines motivated by fear or joy or desire might make better decisions and accomplish their goals more efficiently."

http://www.tested.com/tech/robots/455319-emotions-reconsidered-how-robots-may-experience-feelings/

Wait 'till they learn hate...