Meaning of wireheading | Babel Free

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.”

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