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Take a piece of meat (mostly water in a bag actually) an look how it writes the words "I FEEL SAD" on piece of paper. Now look at it. Do you believe that this
by nabla9 6y ago
Take a piece of meat (mostly water in a bag actually) an look how it writes the words "I FEEL SAD" on piece of paper. Now look at it. Do you believe that this piece of organic molecules is feeling sad now?
In the same way an algorithm can never ever gain consciousness, organic molecules floating around in a sack can never be conscious.
- random_upvoter 6y agoAn algorithm is a mathematical construct that exists in reality. But that does not mean that reality itself is an algorithm, or can be modeled/predicted by an algorithm. I strongly suspect that it cannot. Therefor it is possible that reality (or that little subset of reality called a human body) has properties like "consciousness" that an algorithm cannot do.
- nabla9 6y agoExecution of an is physical process running on a physical computer. Electrical signals are used to do real physical actions. Human brain is also physical process that uses electrical and chemical signalling. What is the difference? https://www.mit.edu/people/dpolicar/writing/prose/text/thinkingMeat.html https://www.mit.edu/people/dpolicar/writing/prose/text/think...
- citrus1330 6y agoMaybe you not making the argument you think you are making? If organic molecules floating around in a sack can never be conscious then we must be more than organic molecules floating around in a sack, because it is a fact that we are conscious.
- nabla9 6y agoAgreed. Is it reasonable to say silicon can't have that "more than" just like organic molecules. I can't see why computers can't have that magic as well.