Brent Meeker wrote:
> >That's not very interesting for non-conscious computations, because > > they are only useful or meaningful if they can be observed or interact with > > their > > environment. However, a conscious computation is interesting all on its > > own. It > > might have a fuller life if it can interact with other minds, but its > > meaning is > > not contingent on other minds the way a non-conscious computation's is. > > Empirically, all of the meaning seems to be referred to things outside the > computation. So if the conscious computation thinks of the word "chair" it > doesn't > provide any meaning unless there is a chair - outside the computation. What about when a human thinks about a chair ? What about when a human thinks about a unicorn? What about a computer thinking about a unicorn? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
