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> and that doesn’t go away just because it becomes self-aware. So funny that, biology offers correlation to the contrary. Animals we think are "less conscious"
by blamestross 4y ago
> and that doesn’t go away just because it becomes self-aware.
So funny that, biology offers correlation to the contrary. Animals we think are "less conscious" tend to actually have many better cognitive abilities than us. Chimps have faster reaction times and better memory. Octopi have much better spatial and visual reasoning.
Consciousness makes us dumber in exchange for more adaptability. If it was a free lunch, biology would be handing it out like candy.
- zmgsabst 4y agoThat’s not true, you’re injecting your own biases. Eg, crows have better eyesight and higher intelligence than many monkeys. There’s a reason related to brain synchronization that you typically operate slower — that part is true. But AI already synchronize data and calculate with cascades; so that won’t change. Further, you didn’t actually answer my point: even if AI clocks down significantly in that process, the increase in bandwidth is a trade off that benefits businesses over the other species. For the same reason that humans are the dominant hunters.