Bruno Marchal wrote: > > Le 21-août-06, à 22:49, Brent Meeker a écrit : > > >>But leaving that aside, I think there is another question in play: >>What kind of >>computation implements intelligence? ...consciousness? Is it every >>computation, >>with differences only of degree? Or are there distinct requirements? > > > You need at least some relatively self-referentially correct machine. > The machine has to be self-referentially correct relatively to its most > probable computations. > > To have reflexive consciousness the self-referentially correct machine > must be sufficiently rich in introspective ability, like lobian machine > are. > > Bruno
I take this to be what is needed to be "self-conscious". But is that the same as having an inner narrative? Is it the same as passing the mirror test? Is my dog conscious - or must he first do arithmetic? Brent Meeker --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
