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This only makes sense if you zoom in at one part of a process and declare it entirely a unique thing, unconnected to the other predictable stages in that proces
by keiferski 1y ago
This only makes sense if you zoom in at one part of a process and declare it entirely a unique thing, unconnected to the other predictable stages in that process.
AI might become “conscious” in the future, but you’re assuming that current AI is just one stage in a process - which we have not yet experienced, unlike the other processes mentioned.
- K0balt 1y ago“Consciousness” is most likely one of those “emergent” things that really are just a continuum. Like an airplane taking off, most “emergent” behaviors are actually continuous processes that eventually become pronounced enough to recognize. Even though through the entire takeoff roll, the plane is just getting lighter and lighter - even after it’s airborne - until the wheels leave the ground it seems to be just a really awkward, noisy bus. Animals, down to insects, exhibit signs of self awareness and “conscious” behavior. It’s easy to remain incredulous for a variety of reasons, many of which I personally agree with… but I’d say that there appears to be progress towards something we would recognize as consciousness, and the process appears to be ongoing.
- keiferski 1y agoEven though I probably agree that consciousness is an emergent quality, to be intellectually honest, we have to admit that it's a bit more complicated than that: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/consciousness/ https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/consciousness/ But that also doesn't really address the process critique that my comment was about, which is a different argument form.