On Sunday, October 14, 2018 at 9:53:07 PM UTC-5, Brent wrote: > > > > On 10/14/2018 2:48 PM, John Clark wrote: > > >*And there are sound reasons for doubting the consciousness of computers >> -* >> > > Name one of them that could not also be used to doubt the consciousness of > your fellow > human beings. > > > The reason for not doubting that other human beings are conscious is that > (1) I am conscious and (2) other human beings are made of the same stuff in > approximately the same way that I am and (3) they behave the same way in > relation to what I am conscious of, e.g. they jump at a sudden loud sound. > > Brent >
The thought crossed my mind yesterday: I was helping a young man applying for a Ph.D. program in chemical engineering with his application, and we were talking about chemistry and consciousness*, and I mentioned a type of zombie - a being that could converse (like an advanced Google Assistant or Sophie Robot) but not be conscious - and I thought it was *possible* he was a zombie. * cf. *Experience processing* https://codicalist.wordpress.com/2018/10/14/experience-processing/ - pt -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
