On Wed, Jul 24, 2019, at 18:08, Philip Thrift wrote: > > > 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).
A third possibility is that materials are things within consciousness, i.e. consciousness is more fundamental than matter. Telmo. > > @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 > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/2a8f5f6a-c9fa-410d-9a2d-095fc9ecf2c2%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- 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/a217c484-430b-4fd0-a64e-d4ba0753083a%40www.fastmail.com.
