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> large set of data that is humans' first-hand observations of consciousness Actually, there exists only a data set of one. Since I'm the only one I know is c

• orthoganol 11y ago
  That's a narrow viewpoint. Sociology, history, psychology, psychoanalysis, philosophy, even the hated field of literary theory all provide fertile ground for drawing conclusions about the nature of human subjectivity. The people who claim, apriori, "you can't model human subjectivity and we shouldn't bother" are not going to be on the side of progress, especially with regards to AI.
  • vectorjohn 11y ago
    Oh don't get me wrong, I'm all for AI and I think we can do it. I just think it is inherently impossible to measure subjectivity. Probably. Unless we do discover some mechanism for it, but all the things you describe (psychology, philosophy, etc), none of them give any evidence for subjectivity. Only that things act like they are conscious. I'm just on the side that if something looks and acts like it is conscious, we have to assume it is. But the only being anyone knows is conscious is themselves.