On Apr 29, 8:37 pm, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: > On 4/29/2012 3:22 AM, 1Z wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > On Apr 27, 11:19 pm, meekerdb<[email protected]> wrote: > > >>>> That's why I said, except for people who believe in philosophical > >>>> zombies. > >>>> Brent > >>> A quailess AI isn;t a p-zombie. A p-zombie is physically identical to > >>> a human. An AI will be > >>> made out of silicon or something, which could naturalsitically explain > >>> its lack of qualia. > >>> That is a different matter. With the possible exception of Craig, we > >>> all think our toasters are > >>> zombies. > >> But if our robots behave as intelligently as humans we (except Craig) will > >> suppose they > >> have qualia too. > > >> Brent > > I don't see e why. We already don't, i n several senses. We don't > > attribute qualia to gadget that are > > smarter than us at specific tasks such as playing chess. We also don't > > expect sci fi AIs such as Mr DataA > > to havea emotions or qualia...in fact we seem to have the intuition > > that they are qualiless *because* they > > are so one sidedly logical. Why would qualia help with intelligence > > anyway? If our AIs showed aesthetic flair, > > empathy, artistic creatviity etc, that would be another matter. How > > could you be a great painter without colour > > qualia? But that's not exactly intelligence. > > By 'behave intelligently' I intended to convey 'with purpose and reflection' > and just > 'logical'.
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