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> This consciousness that you're sure you possess, but you can't measure, detect, define, or even really describe? But you can measure consciousness in humans, for example anesthesiologists do it all the time! Do you see difference between being asleep (without dreaming) or being under anesthesia and not being asleep or under anesthesia? If yes then that difference is consciousness, it’s something you yourself can ex…
>But you can measure consciousness in humans, for example anesthesiologists do it all th By that definition a Roomba is conscious. It's not a useful measurement. Anesthesiologists measure wakefulness. It's pretty meaningless really. There are times when you're not conscious in the way an anesthesiologist cares about, and it's no moral or ethical change of status. All you're saying is "higher degree of sensitivity to…
Re: I'm scared about biological computing
#271> By that definition a Roomba is conscious.
No, that doesn't make sense.
> It's something you mistakenly believe is occurring because you aren't particularly rational.
Absolutely not. It's you who ascribe magical properties to consciousness.