> -----Original Message----- > From: Matt Mahoney via AGI [mailto:[email protected]] > > Likewise, identity is an illusion. You can no more give a logically consistent > definition of it than you can define consciousness and free will. You think > you > know what these things are, but the best you can do is test for the belief in > them. Logic tells you they don't exist, but your feelings tell you they do. > You > believe your feelings. >
This whole illusion thing, aside from uploading actually has potential in AGI. If you control the illusion you control the AGI. Visualize it as two objects - the AGI's non-phenomenological consciousness and in front of that a screen basically that contains the illusions. Like a carrot in front of a horse. Not a bad model actually. There would be inherent feedback loops going on naturally for self-generating illusions but if the AGI's conscious reality is contained within the illusion mechanism you basically hook into that externally to control the AGI and prevent issues. You can also preprogram constraints within the illusion system. To me when observing some simpler insects it seems they have similar to this two tiered system of consciousness even though I'm sure that there is much more going on there. John ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
