On Monday, March 9, 2015, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: > On 3/8/2015 1:26 AM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: > >> On 8 March 2015 at 09:33, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I like Graziano's theory of consciousness. >>> >>> http://aeon.co/magazine/philosophy/how-consciousness-works/ >>> >>> I have generally been inclined to agree with JKC that natural selection >>> can't act on consciousness, only on intelligence; so consciousness is >>> either >>> a necessary byproduct of intelligence or it's a spandrel. But under >>> Graziano's theory it's a way of augmenting or improving intelligence >>> within >>> constraints of limited computational resources. So it would be subject >>> to >>> natural selection. It also shows how to make intelligence machines >>> without >>> consciousness (albeit less efficient ones). >>> >> Graziano equates consciousness with a model of the brain's state of >> attention, but why couldn't this be done by an unconscious machine? >> > > Because doing it makes the machine conscious.
It might, but as presented it's begging he question. > It's valid as psychological theory, but it does not address the Hard >> Problem. That's not necessarily a bad thing - there is more to be >> gained from investigating the Easy Problem. >> > > Yes, it comports with my idea that the "hard problem" will be dissolved by > engineering solutions. > > Brent > > -- > 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. > -- Stathis Papaioannou -- 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.
