On Mon, Jun 8, 2020, 2:56 PM John Rose <johnr...@polyplexic.com> wrote:
> On Monday, June 08, 2020, at 2:28 PM, Matt Mahoney wrote: > > An observer does not need to be conscious. An observer is any measuring > device with at least one bit of memory. > > > How many bits does it take to be conscious? What's the minimum. Not one > apparently from your observing viewpoint so is it greater than one? > That's easy. According to Turing in 1950, a machine will need 10^9 binary digits of storage to win the imitation game. Passing the Turing test means you believe you are talking to a human, and therefore it must be conscious as far as you can tell. Or did you have a different test for consciousness in mind? ------------------------------------------ Artificial General Intelligence List: AGI Permalink: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/T51eb63417278f283-M15cedd8167fde3b70d1c3280 Delivery options: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription
