On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 6:01 PM, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote:
>> If Evolution just stumbled onto consciousness because a astronomically >> unlikely mutation occurred and not because it was the byproduct of >> intelligence then it would be of neutral survival value and the human race >> would have lost that property long ago by genetic drift. >> > > > No, because consciousness might be a necessary byproduct of human like > intelligence, but not of all possible ways to achieving intelligence. > Evolution is constrained in what adaptations it can develop. > Then just like Evolution we will find that it is easier to make a conscious intelligent computer than to make a non-conscious intelligent computer; the first human level AI will be conscious, and if we wish to make a computer that is equally smart but not conscious it will take a great deal more R&D. John K Clark -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
