> A human being is nothing but a very complex rock. Both are just > objects/processes happening within consciousness without requiring anybody > to "do them". There is nobody doing "Jim Bromer".
Whaaa??? Wait a minute...I'm not sure I concur with that either... Jim Bromer On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 5:12 PM, justcamel <[email protected]> wrote: > Consciousness is not a physical byproduct. Your experience of this physical > reality happens within and is a "byproduct" of consciousness just like Super > Mario implemented in FPGA is a "byproduct" of and happening within FPGA. > Rocks, cars, cats and human beings appear within consciousness - rocks are > just less potent and complex than human beings. > > A human being is nothing but a very complex rock. Both are just > objects/processes happening within consciousness without requiring anybody > to "do them". There is nobody doing "Jim Bromer". "Jim Bromer" is just a > label for something which isn't you - something that is going on within > consciousness. The fundamental difference between a rock and a human being > isn't so much the complexity but the fact that consciousness tends to > identify with things that are as complex as human beings. Spiritual > enlightenment is nothing but the realization that humans are just rocks ... > but that you spent 30-40-50 years believing that you are a human being ... > that you are the experience you are having within this particular subset of > reality. > > A brick and Super Mario are also basically the same thing ... a > sprite/object/etc. in a particular environment. Both exist as > functions/properties of the FPGA substrate ... you just tend to identify > with Super Mario for he offers more methods/complexity, etc. than the brick > ... but ultimately, bricks and Super Mario Land exist in the same > non-fundamental environment which has nothing to do with who you really are. > > AI resides within consciousness and you can't make it "more" or "less" > conscious. You can just make it more potent and complex. Also, AGI will - > most likely - not identify with its embodiment just because our western > culture is rooted in said belief system and axioms. > > On 14.02.2017 22:10, Jim Bromer wrote: >> >> How do you show that there is dormant >> consciousness in an AI application without awaking it? >> Jim Bromer > > > > > ------------------------------------------- > AGI > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/24379807-653794b5 > Modify Your Subscription: > https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
