On Tuesday 05 June 2007 10:51:54 am Mark Waser wrote: > It's my belief/contention that a sufficiently complex mind will be conscious > and feel -- regardless of substrate.
Sounds like Mike the computer in Moon is a Harsh Mistress (Heinlein). Note, btw, that Mike could be programmed in Loglan (predecessor of Lojban). I think a system can get arbitrarily complex without being conscious -- consciousness is a specific kind of model-based, summarizing, self-monitoring architecture. There has to be a certain system complexity for it to make any sense, but something the complexity of say Linux could be made conscious (and would work better if it were). That said, I think consciousness is necessary but not sufficient for moral agency. Josh ----- 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/?member_id=231415&user_secret=e9e40a7e
