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The problem is that we haven't adopted the definition of consciousness that's useful long term yet: that consciousness is best interpreted as a property of rea
by mtrimpe 13y ago
The problem is that we haven't adopted the definition of consciousness that's useful long term
yet: that consciousness is best interpreted as a property of reality.
If everything is conscious then some parts of it are just more dynamic (intelligent?) than others. Physical reality least, plants more [1], animals even more and humans most.
Defined like that human consciousness just becomes that part of all consciousness which we recognize as similar to our own.
In that view AI is just making a small part of reality, a computer, more dynamically conscious and, very importantly, more similar to our own so as to be more useful.
[1] http://vimeo.com/69225705 http://vimeo.com/69225705
- eli_gottlieb 13y agoIf we're to adopt that theory, we need a basically physical or metaphysical theory of what consciousness actually is rather than a theory which explains consciousness as a process atop biology.