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Sure, I guess. Most of the responses in this thread are computer people trying to skirt around the "hard problem" of consciousness: http://www.consc.net/papers/
by ForHackernews 8y ago
Sure, I guess. Most of the responses in this thread are computer people trying to skirt around the "hard problem" of consciousness: http://www.consc.net/papers/facing.html http://www.consc.net/papers/facing.html
If you want to claim that what your brain does is basically a more complicated version of what your laptop does, then you're free to make that case, but I don't think you honestly believe it yourself. You do recognize your own inner life.
- joe_the_user 8y agoWell, while I'd both disagree with "hard problem" arguments and not see them as interesting, at least "hard problem" proponents will say directly there's some magic in humans that a computer can't have. Indeed, the "philosophical zombie" idea shows the magic is so transcendent that no evidence can determine whether a person has the magic (of qualia) or whether they are a dreaded Zombie. In contrast, the Chinese Room argument jumps between "hard problem" metaphysics and the appearance of a materialistic perspective.
- int_19h 8y agoI recognize my inner life and consciousness, of course, but how and why would that preclude believing that they're manifestations of something that is only quantitatively different from my laptop? Quantity does matter.