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> If an informational concept causes a system to output a stresslike response, or worse trigger a stresslike action in real life then there is no distinction to me. A system is wha…

> This doesn't really answer anything to me, only that there is a complex electrical simulation going on in our minds. Try to visualize the structure of the EM field inside a GPU v…

> Until you have a unit and a method to measure this field, and a way to experiment on it, it is not scientific theory. Field-based theories of phenomenal experience have obvious w…

Think about RF engineering: the same physical antenna can be used for both TX and RX. We already know that neurons both create EM fields and are influenced by EM fields. The role o…

> does a hydrocarbon have feelings? what about a mitochondria? a cell? a neuron? what about a collection of neurons? how many neurons before it has "feelings"? The best theory I ha…

> The only way that 'AIs are not conscious' can be true is if we decide, with high confidence, that they are lacking some essential property that is not lacking in ourselves. There…

Perhaps agency is less one single 'meta-skill' than a bunch of domain specific 'micro-skills'. E.g., strategic thinking in a tech company leadership roll is one skill (or set of sk…