> From: J Storrs Hall, PhD [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Why do I believe anyone besides me is conscious? Because they are made > of > meat? No, it's because they claim to be conscious, and answer questions > about > their consciousness the same way I would, given my own conscious > experience -- and they have the same capabilities, e.g. of > introspection, > 1-shot learning, synthesis of novel ideas, and access to episodic memory > in > narrative form (etc.) that I associate with being conscious myself. > > Build a machine that does *all* of these things and you have no better > reason > to claim it isn't conscious than you have to claim a person isn't. >
Just "conscious" is too simple. It's too umbrella. A rock is conscious. Is there an agent specific uniqueness to consciousness? No one is conscious like me. And they all are unique as I am not conscious as they are... The uniqueness may be a defining factor. Unreplicable and non-simulatable. John ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: http://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=103754539-40ed26 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
