On 2/17/15, Matt Mahoney via AGI <[email protected]> wrote: > 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] > >
I see your point. It contentious. There is still a certain appeal to any approach that tries to skirt completely around the, well, contentious problems. Neural nets, as you know, have always been that way, just a black box for the most part. Whole brain emulation, I think, which to me means a straight copy of the highest fidelity, should be taken into account, even if you don't agree with someone's approach under that flag. If consciousness is or isn't part of it is not as important as whether or not the copy is faithful to the original brain. If so, it will work. > ------------------------------------------- > AGI > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/11943661-d9279dae > 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
