What do you think qualia is? How would you know if something was experiencing it?
On Fri, Sep 14, 2018, 10:52 AM John Rose <johnr...@polyplexic.com> wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Matt Mahoney via AGI <agi@agi.topicbox.com> > > > > When we say that X is more conscious tha Y we really mean that X is more > like > > a human than Y. > > > > The problem is still there how to distinguish between p-zombie and a > > conscious being. > > > > The definition of a p-zombie makes this impossible. This should tell you > > something. > > > > > My point was that a real p-zombie (verses theoretical) that was engineered > would only be an attempt to approach a theoretical limit before having > qualia like a conscious person has. The limit would be bound by the > impossibility of general prediction for the engineered p-zombie to > imitate/predict human qualia. That is until it's own qualia was equally > engineered somehow, then it would thus become humanly conscious. > > John > ------------------------------------------ Artificial General Intelligence List: AGI Permalink: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/T9c94dabb0436859d-M86cfadb10c6eadf0e7261af8 Delivery options: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription
