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Research questionCan deterministic artificial affective processing produce hedonic place preference without conscious feelings?Hedonic place preference is often treated as evidence of feeling because attraction to non-nutritive rewards seems difficult to explain as mere instinct. The problem is determining whether an artificial system can reproduce this behavior through affective information processing without subjective experience.
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Latest papersRecent research connected to this question, newest first.Inferring Affective Consciousness in an Artificial Agent: A Case StudyThis applies to a case study of a simple artificial agent with an affective system that represents uncertainty about intrinsic needs and environmental resources. The described evidence concerns deterministic behavior resembling hedonic place preference and its implications for consciousness and free will; it does not establish subjective experience directly.research paper · Sep 3, 2026
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