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Joseph Gardner proposes emotions as actionable perception

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Joseph Gardner's recent post on LessWrong proposes a novel framework for understanding emotions, positing that they are not merely subjective feelings but rather a form of perception. This 'perception with pull' suggests that emotions provide actionable information about an agent's environment and internal state, guiding behavior and decision-making. AI

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  1. LessWrong (AI tag) TIER_1 English(EN) · Joseph Gardner ·

    Emotion is Perception with Pull

    <p><strong>Epistemic Status:</strong> <em>My Best Guess. This is an opinion as to what emotion is and why it comes about. Confidence level: 60%.</em></p> <p><strong>TL;DR:</strong> Emotion is one representation which describes and directs, built in largely integrating regions lik…

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