On 8 May 2015 at 15:40, Russell Standish <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, May 08, 2015 at 01:21:10PM +1200, LizR wrote: > > > > > > Another possibility - suppose we develop AIs, and they boostrap > themselves > > > into benig vastly cleverer than us - might they not design conscious > > > experiences that have never been experienced before directly, as an art > > > form, say? > > > > > > "Brave new world" started this trend with the "feelies". > > > > The trend might go something like > > > > Books and recorded/invented experiences reenacted "live" (plays etc) - > > primitive VR (lose yourself in a good book) > > Recorded sound > > Recorded vision > > Sound and vision > > Recordings of experiences through the senses (tapping into nerve > channels) > > Ditto including emotions > > Ditto including thoughts > > All of the above, created "de novo" by artists and/or computer programmes > > > > There is no problem if created by computer programs. After all, COMP > is the assumption that this is possible. > > What is the problem is if these new "thoughties" pop into existence on > their own without any process leading up to them. > > Only from the viewpoint of unlikelihood (about the same as the materialisation of a Boltzmann brain, I would imagine). But that doesn't make any difference to any philosophical implications! ....however, yes, that was why I suggested an alternative mechanism that I think people may feel is more plausible. -- 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.
