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Let’s assume we find some mathematical models for a causal structure of consciousness that meets many of the criteria described by usual humans and maybe phenom
by kbrkbr 4y ago
Let’s assume we find some mathematical models for a causal structure of consciousness that meets many of the criteria described by usual humans and maybe phenomenologists.
We later find some possible physical instantiation.
And here comes some bullsh*t (in the philosophical definition of „unclarifiable unclarity”): an electromagnetic field bend back on itself in a way that it’s mathematically necessary to introduce imaginary time to describe it; also it exhibits information processing capabilities.
We then further find that the biological brain has a process that can plausibly create such a dynamic structure.
Finally we test, and subjects say consistently it seems like they are not there or do not experience, if this structure is disrupted by several clever means.
Would this problem still be impossible? We could check if AI has features that can and do create such structures, no?
That’s at least an old dream of mine. Please pick it apart still! I’d rather learn something important than keep it…
- nassimm 4y agoI don't personally see a major problem with your reasoning (sorry to not teach you anything new). Consciousness could be very well due to a process we don't know about yet, and disrupting this process would indeed consistently lead to a lapse in conscious experience. The only thing is, we wouldn't know just yet if there are other ways for matter to organize itself as a conscious being. Best we can do for now is to learn about the type of consciousness that we animals on earth experience.