I think defining consciousness is a bit of a tough problem. I am not sure hard-disks or viruses qualify, I suspect fish might, but it's very hard to prove that. When harddrives or viruses start passing Turing tests, then I'll be ready to consider it.
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Replying to @0Kultra @ColumPaget and
what is it like to be a hard drive?
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Replying to @0Kultra @ColumPaget and
if I tell you that I know what it's like to be Dan Garfield, do you believe me? why? that argument is what the Turing Test is about, and ultimately why it's unsatisfactory.
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Replying to @0Kultra @ColumPaget and
understood. conversational fluency is not a satisfactory indicator of consciousness. it is neither necessary nor sufficient. so we're left with the issue of qualia and stuck reasoning about why it is that we believe anything (besides our own self) is conscious at all.
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Replying to @danlistensto @0Kultra and
and at the end of the day it's just by fucking induction from a n=1 data set which is wonderful and hilarious
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