On Tuesday, November 25, 2014 3:27:35 PM UTC, John Clark wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 , LizR <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: > > > If intelligent behavior is not a test for consciousness then how do you >> know that such machines are not conscious? For that matter how do you know >> that a rock is not conscious but your fellow human beings are conscious >> when they're not sleeping or under anesthesia or dead? >> > > I have no doubt that you believe that your fellow human beings are > conscious when they are not in certain states, such as the state of being > asleep or the state of being under anesthesia, or the state of being dead. > I also have no doubt you believe rocks are not conscious in every state > they are capable of being in. My question to you is if intelligent behavior > is not a test for consciousness then how did you make this determination? > > > On the balance of probabilities, however, I would say that rocks most >> likely aren't conscious, and that people probably are (when not asleep etc). >> > > I believe that too, but then I think that intelligent behavior is the test > for consciousness, it's not a perfect test but it's the only test we have. >
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