On Tue, Jan 23, 2024 at 7:32 PM Stathis Papaioannou <[email protected]> wrote:
> >* it supports the idea that philosophical zombies could not be produced > by natural (Darwinian) selection. But it say nothing about the possibility > that such beings could be produced artificially; eg. via AI.* > *> That is strictly true, but it would entail that consciousness is some > sort of side-effect peculiar to organic chemistry (or whatever the special > ingredient is), and not a consequence of intelligent behaviour.* But even if somebody believed that a carbon atom has some sort of magical potential to produce consciousness that a silicon atom lacked I'll but they don't believe that all structures that contain organic molecules are conscious, such as a coal seam or a pile of dirty rags or a tree, because those things are not behaving intelligently. I bet they don't even believe their fellow human beings are always conscious, not when they're sleeping or under anesthesia or dead, and for exactly the same reason. John K Clark See what's on my new list at Extropolis <https://groups.google.com/g/extropolis> sud > -- 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/CAJPayv3c9mNd8EtxMR4iadFsvuQo80WYvPzzcEFu%2Bwg6qRJuJg%40mail.gmail.com.
