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The artificial stimulation of the brain to experience pleasure.
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The implantation of electrodes in the brain.
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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 strategy by an artificial intelligence of meeting goals by altering the perception of the current state rather than changing the state itself.
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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.