Several diseases can cause a decrease in physical or mental activity.
On the physical side it's easier to understand, an amputee won't move very fast (blade runner not included) and someone with shortness of breath (COPD for instance) will tire easily.
On the mental side, traumatic brain injury, stroke, parkinson's and even depression (among others) can decrease what's often called our executive functions. These encompass among other things our "drive to do things".
These physical or mental handicaps can be seen as laziness if the disease in question isn't taken into consideration.
So, as I was saying, the question needs to be more precise otherwise we'll just end up loosing too much time discussion a multitude of issues.
Aaron Smith
Yes, and that's the only way you can create an AI. Two requirements:
>1) Goal >2) Optimization mechanism towards the achievement of the goal
But what exactly is the goal?
The answer to that question is rather simple and can be reached by simply asking yourself "Why did life evolve in the first place?". Consciousness is merely a mechanism to aid in life's goal, and once you realize what life's goal is, you'll realize what consciousness is, and what it would take for a system to evolve it.
Well, Veeky Forums, what is life's ultimate goal?
Nolan Lewis
To make people I dislike suffer.
Joshua Lee
Hey remember how much fun you had back in those days? :)
Matthew Perez
Hang yourself already.
Andrew Miller
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Tyler Reed
Would still rather die.
Justin Ramirez
You mean to sate emotions that are the equivalent of a toddler throwing a temper tantrum and which you have never really questioned before.
Isaac Lewis
we evolved to perform certain tasks and now in the modern world we must perform tasks that would be very odd for a hunter gatherer, we possess no natural drive to do them
