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When I think of my mother (e.g. how she would react when I tell her something), that's basically a simulation of her running in my head. Is this simulation self
by majewsky 8y ago
When I think of my mother (e.g. how she would react when I tell her something), that's basically a simulation of her running in my head. Is this simulation self-aware? If not, then that's one way to imagine two identically behaving beings, one with consciousness (my actual mother) and one without (my brain's simulation of her).
(For the sake of argument, I assume that I know my mother so well that her behavior will be indistinguishable for all intents and purposes from my simulation of her in my head.)
- fvdessen 8y agoOr maybe you substitute her consciousness with your own.
- red75prime 8y agoIf your model of your mother is aware of her own existence as a model in your brain, wouldn't she beg you to continue modelling her, or mention the fact at least? > I assume that I know my mother so well that her behavior will be indistinguishable for all intents and purposes from my simulation of her in my head. Then you are running perfect simulation of your mother and some parts of her environment (such that she'll not freak out finding herself in nothingness) in your brain, so yes, she'll be conscious.
- naasking 8y agoYou're not simulating your mother, you've built a simple predictive model of your mother's behaviour. These aren't the same. It's like the difference between my actual social network, and the model of my social network that Facebook has. My actual social network contain considerable nuance that isn't captured by Facebook's data model.