mtbennett

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by mtbennett 1y ago
10 points.
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by mtbennett 1y ago
Substrate dependence / independence is discussed in chapter 13. The short answer is no, I do not assume substrate dependence because substrate just doesn't need to be addressed given the premises. It becomes irrelevant when we sta
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by mtbennett 1y ago
Starting with consciousness as the fundamental is a cool idea, but others have done that in depth (e.g. IIT). My approach is to say "I don't know what is fundamental" and identify what must be fundamental to all possible worl
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by mtbennett 1y ago
I understand the skepticism. My humor is not for everyone and I have been rather self indulgent with the presentation of my work. However the research is genuine; the thesis is basically the aggregate of my previous papers, which have all b
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by mtbennett 1y ago
We like to have fun here.
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by mtbennett 1y ago
Fair points. However I don't put humans in a special category, so much as I say I know at least humans are this conscious. I then cite some research on Australian magpies which suggests they may be so conscious too. It is not different
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by mtbennett 1y ago
I had the same question.
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by mtbennett 1y ago
Lol, I have been accused of many things but a lack of novelty certainly hasn't been one of them.
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by mtbennett 1y ago
I address the second in the final chapter. There are necessary preconditions for consciousness, but it is unclear whether they alone are sufficient (hence the uncertainty around what I dub the temporal gap - maybe someone else can figure th