On Wednesday, September 02, 2026, at 5:02 AM, Quan Tesla wrote: > Not biased, realistic. A grain of silicon, clump of sandstone, a granite rock > generate informational energy. Informational energy changes are probably > recorded in the universe as gestalt state effects, but a rock itself cannot > be self aware. > > Simple structures exist deterministically with only the natural free choice > permitted within its relative mathematical geometry. > > To have qualia would require physical architecture for generating and > processing qualia.
You’re saying having qualia and/or self-awareness are true or false. That’s mean you would have specific physical and informational criteria to minimally qualify. How simple does an organism have to be to have qualia or a molecular/sub-molecular structure to have self-awareness. There would have to be an answer. I would argue a rock has some measurable self-awareness due to physical properties and looped back information emission effects. It would be tiny but existent. Are qualia and self-awareness only for humans? Perhaps it’s just terminology but when build nano-structures and blurring biological lines with technology these have to be examined. ------------------------------------------ Artificial General Intelligence List: AGI Permalink: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/T906c878e4ba411be-M6968162a84a99f01b1451ba0 Delivery options: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription
