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Computers won't become conscious anymore than the person in Searles chinese room understand chinese or the individual neuron in my brain understand the thoughts
by ThomPete 10y ago
Computers won't become conscious anymore than the person in Searles chinese room understand chinese or the individual neuron in my brain understand the thoughts it's passing along.
But the system which the computer is a part of though might create consciousness.
I think a lot of our problems with thinking about consciousness is that we think of it as a thing that exist some specific place rather than as a component in a feedback loop.
What we fundamentally are, are pattern recognizing feedback loops, on top of pattern recognizing feedback loops.
- kirrent 10y agoYou may say that, but I've literally never met anyone who thought that consciousness in a computer might arise in any other way than how you've described.
- ThomPete 10y agoWell Searle is a good example of one who would claim something along those lines.
- kowdermeister 10y agoWe haven't met, but I think the same way as the guy who you replied. Being a FL is a bit of oversimplification, but the general idea might be an accurate description of what goes on in your brain.