As Nietzsche put it, from a functional point of view, consciousness is like the general who, after the fact, takes responsibility for the largely autonomous actions of his troops ;-)
However, none of these metaphors addresses the issue of first vs. third person perspectives I hate to trumpet "The Hidden Pattern" again, but therein I deal with such issues at length and depth... ben On 5/6/07, J. Storrs Hall, PhD. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Consider a ship. From one point of view, you could separate the people aboard into two groups: the captain and the crew. But another just as reasonable point of view is that captain is just one member of the crew, albeit one distinguished in some ways. One could reasonably take the point of view that the executive functions in a mind are performed by a module that is not all that much different in kind from the other ones, it just happens to be the one that is the fixpoint of the "controller of" relation in the architecture graph. Josh On Sunday 06 May 2007 00:18, Mike Tintner wrote: > ... > The human mind consists of a two-tier structure. On top, you have this > conscious, executive mind that takes most of the decisions about which way > the system will go - basically does the steering. On bottom, you have the > unconscious, subordinate mind that does nearly all the information > processing, both briefing and executing the executive mind's decisions, > putting the words in its mouth and forming the thoughts in its head, while > continually pressuring the executive mind with conflicting emotions, and at > the same time monitoring and controlling the immensely complex operations > of the body. ... > > You guys think you can have a successful AGI without the same basic > structure? ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?&;
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