@ Matt Does a coma patient, which evidently responds to a familiar presence denote a state of sub consciousness, unconsciousness, consciousness, or other awareness? If consciousness, then why no apparent recall? Isn't consciousness then not more a being state of awareness?
> Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2015 00:38:46 -0500 > Subject: Re: [agi] Couple thoughts > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 12:09 AM, Mike Archbold <[email protected]> wrote: > > I think under this approach, it "bans" work on trying to actually > > figure out the answers to these tough questions, and instead places > > emphasis on replicating the means (mechanics of the brain) that > > generates whatever it is we call consciousness. I mean, under this > > school of thought, if we don't know how consciousness solves hard > > problems, so what? As long as it works by copying the > > physics/mechanics/etc of the brain (that being the obviously gigantic > > challenge, of course) that is all that is required. > > Consciousness is the feelings (reinforcement signals, mostly positive) > that you associate with sensory perception and thoughts (recalled > memories) as they are written into episodic memory (memory associated > with a time or place). It only seems mysterious because reinforcement > signals alter your beliefs. Your brain works that way because it > increases your reproductive fitness. Even though you can't objectively > believe what I just stated, you want your consciousness to continue by > not dying. > > You don't need to model consciousness to solve most AI problems like > vision, language, or robotics. You do need to model belief in > consciousness as well as other types of reinforcement learning (such > as beliefs in free will and identity) in order to model or predict > human behavior. It is not hard to do that once you understand where > these illusions come from. > > It is a distraction to think that you have to replicate consciousness > to solve AI. It is like thinking that birds fly by some magic that you > have to replicate in order to build airplanes. > > -- > -- Matt Mahoney, [email protected] > > > ------------------------------------------- > AGI > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/26941503-0abb15dc > Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com ------------------------------------------- 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
