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Meaning of wireheading | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. The use of direct brain interfaces.
    uncountable
  2. The strategy of meeting goals by altering the perception of the current state rather than changing the state itself.
    uncountable

Examples

“Mondo’s chaotic editorial blend ranges from stories on computer-chip jewelry to reports on computerized break-ins at automated-teller machines and “wireheading"--the implantation of electrodes in the brain.”
“The constraint is defined in terms of the agent's belief distributions, and does not require an explicit specification of which actions constitute wireheading.”
“The tendency of animals to short-circuit normal behavior in favor of direct stimulation of their own reward system is called wireheading.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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