On 23-04-2022 04:38, Jason Resch wrote:
Artificial Life such as these organisms:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLq_mdJjNRPT11IF4NFyLcIWJ1C0Z3hTAX
( https://github.com/jasonkresch/bots )
Have neural networks that evolved through natural selection, can adapt
to a changing environment, and can learn to distinguish between "food"
and "poison" in their environment.
If simple creatures like worms or insects are conscious, (because they
have brains, and evolved), then wouldn't these artificial life forms
be conscious for the same reasons?
Why or why not?
Yes. If states of consciousness are identified with algorithms, then the
world as viewed from the point of view of a particular worm is defined
by that particular algorithm that the worm's brain is implementing. If
you run that same algorithm also in a simulation, then that same
consciousness exists both in the simulation as a simulated worm and in
the real world as a real worm. The consciousness cannot locate itself in
one or the other situation, as it is identical in both situations.
Saibal
Jason
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