On Thu, Oct 15, 2026, 9:02 PM James Bowery <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 15, 2026 at 6:12 PM Matt Mahoney <[email protected]> > wrote:... > >> The SAIC remote vision results were examined by a believer and a skeptic, >> who came to opposite conclusions as you would expect. >> > > Well, my goodness! That settles it then. > > Seriously, Matt, I have offered an operational definition for > consciousness. One might at least address it. > I thought I did. You said: > I'm referring to what might be referred to as paranormal perception. I don't have paranormal perception. I don't have remote vision or clairvoyance. I lose stuff and I am pretty useless at helping others who have lost stuff. I can't look at a deck of cards and guess what is on top. I don't have precognition. To make predictions I have to use the same machine learning techniques that LLMs use like training on text, extrapolating past trends, and applying reasoning and Occam's razor. Sometimes I'm wrong. It doesn't work for picking lottery numbers so I don't play the lottery. I don't have telepathy. So if you mean something else as your operational definition of consciousness then you will have to tell me because I can't read your mind. -- Matt Mahoney, [email protected] ------------------------------------------ Artificial General Intelligence List: AGI Permalink: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/T2784bbfe524b0b93-Me7630cd1b0c95b3ca69a4523 Delivery options: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription
