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I’ve never claimed consciousness is substrate dependent – I’m of the opposite belief actually – but I’m skeptical of the claim that it would emerge from running

I’ve never claimed consciousness is substrate dependent – I’m of the opposite belief actually – but I’m skeptical of the claim that it would emerge from running hello world. I’m of the strong opinion that self directed and adaptive behaviour is necessary. I’m not claiming hard determinism isn’t a thing here, as both humans and computers are just following chains of consequences. And even a static program with dynamic behaviour via memory could fulfil this requirement. But of course, our assertions here are impossible to verify due to the so-labelled Hard Problem of Consciousness

epgui 2y ago
Yeah I'm with you-- my comment wasn't antagonistic, it was just an addendum along the same/similar line of thought :) Personally, I think the "hard problem of consciousness" is more or less just nonsense and can be safely ignored. It's about as scientific as asking questions about god(s). It's a question that seems and feels important and that we really want to have answers for, but it's not the right question to ask because it leads nowhere.