>Of course you realize that qualia is an illusion? You believe that your environment is real, believe that pain and pleasure are real,
"real" is meaningless. Perception depends on sensors and subsequent sensation processing. >believe that you can control your thoughts and actions, I don't. Seems unlikely. > and fear death Some people accept things they cannot (or don't know how to) change without getting emotional. >because if you did not have these beliefs you would not propagate your DNA. It is not possible for any human to believe otherwise. False >But logically you know that your brain is just a machine, or else AGI would not be possible. I disagree with your logic because human brain does things AGI does not need to do AND the stuff the AGI needs to do does not need to be done the way brain does it. But I don't deny that human brain is a [kind of] machine. We just don't understand all parts of it well enough for upload - which is not really a problem for AGI development. Regards, Jiri Jelinek ----- 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=8660244&id_secret=61514255-0e3357
