On 9/26/2012 12:19 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote:
On Wednesday, September 26, 2012 2:35:27 PM UTC-4, Brent wrote:An interesting paper which comports with my idea that "the problem of consciousness" will be "solved" by engineering. Or John Clark's point that consciousness is easy, intelligence is hard.Consciousness is easy if you already have consciousness. It is impossible if you don't. Intelligence is hard if you already have consciousness, but it is impossible if you don't.
So are you now contending that intelligent machines *must be* conscious and that therefore there are no intelligent machines?
Everything assumes that consciousness exists as a possibility in the universe prior to the existence of the universe itself.
I don't even know how to parse "everything assumes"? Brent -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
