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Found this confusing to read because consciousness is never defined but then the author starts giving examples of behaviour that indicate consciousness. Does c
by arduinomancer 5y ago
Found this confusing to read because consciousness is never defined but then the author starts giving examples of behaviour that indicate consciousness.
Does consciousness mean “can solve a variety of tricky tasks?”
Is it having emotions?
Is it self-awareness?
Googling the definition I get “the fact of awareness by the mind of itself and the world.”
If I have a computer with a camera running image recognition that can detect itself in a mirror is that consciousness?
- ncmncm 5y agoConsciousness has no definition outside of our interpretation that certain behaviors indicate its activity. That is perfectly OK. When people suggest atoms and planets exhibit consciousness, that stretches the patience of many observers, but it is a matter of convention: here's what I mean by consciousness, and these things I observe have interesting consequences for it. Nothing wrong with that, either. But insisting that both refer to the same phenomenon gets nobody anywhere.
- canadianfella 5y agoAre you really looking for a black and white answer?