On Wed, Jul 24, 2019, at 18:08, Philip Thrift wrote: > > > On Wednesday, July 24, 2019 at 8:18:09 AM UTC-5, telmo wrote: >> >> Brent argues that the consciousness problem will be solved by building AIs >> that behave in such a way as to convince us they are conscious. My point is >> that our relation to an AI tells us nothing about consciousness. >> >> Telmo. >> > > If the cognitivist (information-processing) AI approach to consciousness is > right, then consciousness can be realized on any mechanism that performs > (conventional) information processing. > > The alternative is "not all materials are equal" and that (self-aware) > consciousness can be realized only in mechanisms made of a particular type of > materials (e.g. biomaterials).
A third possibility is that materials are things within consciousness, i.e. consciousness is more fundamental than matter. Telmo. > > @philipthrift > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/2a8f5f6a-c9fa-410d-9a2d-095fc9ecf2c2%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/2a8f5f6a-c9fa-410d-9a2d-095fc9ecf2c2%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/a217c484-430b-4fd0-a64e-d4ba0753083a%40www.fastmail.com.
