The panpsychic awareness of which consciousness is woven is most probably the awareness of information inherent in the computation of the laws of physics, as they are computed in our conscious brains. The equations of physics cannot compute without awareness of their variable values. There is virtually nothing about consciousness that is other than awareness of information, including the amazing qualities of that awareness. A major problem in explaining consciousness is trying to define what is to be explained about the qualities of consciousness. The word "explanandum" means that which is to be explained, as most of you probably already know. Regarding consciousness, we are explanandum dumb. To the extent we can explain what is to be explained, the computational awareness theory, described above, in conjunction with rapidly advancing neuroscience can make substantial plausible explanations as detailed as most of that explanandum.
I am far from convinced about much of the detail in the Penrose-Hameroff description of Orch-OR. But it is reasonable to suggest that quantum collapse plays an important role in all or much of the awareness of information inherent in the computation of the laws of physics, and that the content and structure of the resulting informational awareness of consciousness is orchestrated by the architecture and functioning of the brain. This supports the basic broad concept of "orchestrated objective reduction". On Wed, Sep 27, 2023 at 3:41 PM John Rose <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wednesday, September 27, 2023, at 12:13 PM, Matt Mahoney wrote: > > If you are going to define consciousness as intelligence, then you need to > define intelligence. We have two widely accepted definitions applicable to > computers. > > > It’s not difficult. Entertain a panpsychist model of consciousness. What > is the physical property in the universe that can be defined as > consciousness where it’s presence would be existent in everything? Whatever > that is, it would be present when implementing any intelligence model. It > might explain many existing theories of consciousness since this one would > need to have relatively low complexity. It should have a strict > mathematical and physical definition where it simplifies many of these > issues... and perhaps adds understanding to various models of intelligence. > I'm sure there are a number of candidates that may fit this criteria > including perhaps pieces of Orch-OR. > > *Artificial General Intelligence List <https://agi.topicbox.com/latest>* > / AGI / see discussions <https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi> + > participants <https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/members> + > delivery options <https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription> > Permalink > <https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/T206dd0e37a9e7407-Mf0a091a75e50bde406521792> > ------------------------------------------ Artificial General Intelligence List: AGI Permalink: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/T206dd0e37a9e7407-M7ec759a0062e34addbdf6bfd Delivery options: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription
