(December 2, 2012 at 9:15 pm)Napoléon Wrote:(December 2, 2012 at 5:20 pm)apophenia Wrote: Why do you assume that it doesn't feel pain?
Lack of a nervous system maybe?
The nervous system is just one, biological, application of a concept.
The introduction of malicious code into (and the methods of counteracting it within) a system is a act we have given a biological metaphor: 'viral infection'. A conscious computer could present its systems of damage/threat alert and response as the practical equivalent to our ability to utilize pain.
