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Earlier I think Hans said that one possible observer was the
conscious entity himself. I am an observer of my own consciousness.
My consciousness (or lack thereof) is subjective, and varies
depending on the observer, but one of the observers is me.
Does this mean that
Russell Standish [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
I don't think we ever discussed the concept of attributing
consciousness to inanimate objects before Hans came along.
But I think you DID agree to attribute consciousness to
purely abstract entities, notably mathematically defined
universes
Hans Moravec, [EMAIL PROTECTED], writes:
Christopher Maloney [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
If our tools were sophisticated enough, we could figure out what
that creature was experiencing at that moment, independent of his or
her report.
NO! We may determine the full physical structure of an
Russell Standish [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
conciousness we experience directly ... generated by some kind of
self-referential process ... is intrinsically a different to
the Turing type tests we perform to attribute conciousness in
external objects.
...
nor do I think it a particularly
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