Günther Greindl wrote:
Hi guys,
I though this might be interesting:
http://www.surrey.ac.uk/qe/cemi.htm
His thesis is that consciousness is not generated by the neurons firing
and computing, but rather the electromagnetic (EM) field generated by
the neurons is consciousness - being conscious is then how it feels how
to be an em field (of a certain kind) from the inside, so to speak.
What do you think? This would be important for AGI and would explain why
usual computational models, which do not seek to generate physical em
fields but remain in the abstract fail to produce conscious AIs.
Best Regards,
Günther
This is complete and utter nonsense (sorry!).
It says, in effect "Hey, the explanation of consciousness is that it is
caused by X" where X is something that explains absolutely nothing about
whatever consciousness is supposed to be. Moreover, the person
espousing the theory, you can bet, will not be able to state exactly
what they think "consciousness" actually is... they will just be able to
tell you that, whatever it is, their candidate explains it.
I could just as easily say that consciousness is explained by ... hair
follicles. This Hair Follicle Theory of Consciousness would have the
same qualifications to be considered the correct theory.
There are more theories of consciousness of this sort than you can swing
a cat at. Go to the Tucson Conference in a few months' time and you
will be able to listen to at least fifty of them.
Richard Loosemore
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