On Wednesday, July 24, 2019 at 8:18:09 AM UTC-5, telmo wrote: > > > Brent argues that the consciousness problem will be solved by building AIs > that behave in such a way as to convince us they are conscious. My point is > that our relation to an AI tells us nothing about consciousness. > > Telmo. > > If the cognitivist (information-processing) AI approach to consciousness is right, then consciousness can be realized on any mechanism that performs (conventional) information processing.
The alternative is "not all materials are equal" and that (self-aware) consciousness can be realized only in mechanisms made of a particular type of materials (e.g. biomaterials). @philipthrift -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/2a8f5f6a-c9fa-410d-9a2d-095fc9ecf2c2%40googlegroups.com.
