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Post by platz » Sat, Dec 17, 2016, 4:21 AM UTC

donmatito wrote: post #21

quonn wrote: post #16

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I don't understand this argument. (It keeps coming up.) The two issues I have with this are: a) Self-perception does not seem like consciousness to me at all. In meditation, if done properly, there is very little self left. It feels more like pure awareness. It is almost the opposite of the model of the self that the brain constructs. b) I fail to see how the fact that a mechanism refers to itself should somehow give…

Answers to "can we give consciousness to AI" is heavily dependent on how you define consciousness in the first place. Many definitions can coexist, some more actionable than others. "Being aware of the existence of oneself in the world, and being able to reflect on oneself's decision" seems relatively practical. So, Self-perception + self-reflection = consciouness (as a definition) From this starting point, it seems…