Let's tackle qualia from a practical point of view.
Let's start (for argument's sake) with the view that the notion of qualia is a
meaningless philosophical curiosity.
Is there any reason why we should not put discussion of qualia in the Yucatan
storage facility, in drums that read "WARNING: UNRESOLVABLE
PHILOSOPHY Do Not Discuss for at least 30,000 years"?
Some issues might be.....
- if a lot of people think they are experiencing stuff that cannot be
demonstrated out there in the physical world but that they normally
think of as being out there (redness, etc.) will that affect the
effectiveness of AGI/human commmications or will it seriously
affect AGI understanding of humans or vice versa?
- is it possible that the qualia artifact phenomenon is related to
important issues of creating competent intellectually advanced
engagement, by any general intelligence, with the physical world
where there are computational limitations and where there are social
beings (biological or otherwise)?
Is there any other practical reason to engage with the issue?
Regardless of how many practical reasons there might be, if there is even 1,
then there is a need to have a conversation about the practical issues.
So before dropping qualia from the discussion it would be valuable to see if
there is a practical agenda related to this issue and, if there is, we could
concentrate discussion on that.
Cheers, Philip
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