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Pain is intrinsically linked to sentience as a defining capacity, where it is categorized as a valenced form of consciousness [1], a hedonic experience driving evolutionary decision-making [2], and a specific criterion for defining the capacity to feel [3].
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Complexity and the Evolution of Consciousness | Biological Theory link.springer.com 2 facts
claimThe term 'sentience' is used ambiguously in three ways: (1) as a broad concept for all subjective experiences, (2) as a reference to the minimal subjective experience at the evolutionary origins of consciousness, or (3) as the hedonic capacity to feel pleasure or pain.
claimNeuroscientist Michel Cabanac argues that animals possess a proximate common currency for decision-making in the form of the hedonic experience of pleasure and pain, which he posits is implicated in the evolution of sentience in early Amniota.
Consciousness in Artificial Intelligence? A Framework for Classifying ... arxiv.org 1 fact
claimIn the literature, the term 'sentience' is sometimes used as a synonym for consciousness, while others reserve it for valenced forms of consciousness such as pleasure and pain.