On 8 July 2014 14:19, meekerdb <meeke...@verizon.net> wrote: > I think comp implies that we won't have created consciousness, but we will >> have enabled some of the consciousness that exists by hypothesis in >> arithmetic to manifest itself. (Could this imply a test for comp, by the >> way?) >> > That's sort of like Boeing doesn't create 787s they just enable a > certain arrangement of atoms to manifest the airliner inherent in the > quantum field. > > That's sort of like saying you've decided comp is wrong.
> Note this is a specific kind of consciousness. I think Bruno's idea >> of consciousness is much broader (maybe too broad). >> > > What kind? > > The human kind. That's the kind we can readily recognize from behavior. > If we created a robot that didn't behave in a human-like way it would > harder to apply the no-p-zombie intuition. > I would say we can recognise quite a few types of consciousness from behaviour - dog, cat, mouse, elephant, etc...? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
