Hmm, perhaps. But, I guess I don't see why associations, and representations, or how much we value or anticipate certain rewards would be subject to our conscious whims. That seems like a strange design feature. Would u code a robot to choose its own reward structure?
We probably generate most of the basic reward signals in the limbic system, and they are associated through reinforcement learning with representations of situations and actions in the neocortex. We can modulate these associations, and the neocortex is fully up for grabs anyway.
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This is not theoretic or hypothetical. Buddhist sutra training reduces anticipated reward and downregulates associations with actual rewards, tantra messes with how to get how much reward, Zen changes your model of what is actually going on, and Kundalini is full-on wireheading.
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Yeah, I concur w/ the empirical phenomena. Just puzzled by it on theoretical grounds. And positing that maybe it ain’t hacking our reward system but works bc it actually helps us attain rewards, Eg by organizing our thoughts/helping us relax?
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