I liked this a lot and want to read more. I can't avoid noticing how you managed all that without including sentience in the equations. I mention this because it isn't a given, as in "of course, not all sentient beings are conscious but all conscious beings are sentient" because sentience is what brings qualia to the discourse, specific or inferred, and qualia is what brings color to what otherwise would be a barren, gray-scaled landscape. The graffiti on a Brutalist monument, to apply a visual to it... It is a nuance that, IMHO, perhaps should be explored.
Just paying close attention in my reading and adding some brain droppings, George Carlin would say...
Whatever is indistinguishable from consciousness, eg it acts and behaves more or less as we'd expect from creatures we already believe to be conscious, a different that makes no difference, is no difference. That means that ought to be treated as such fit all intents and purposes
However, the type of feedback loop consciousness is, is inseparable and intrinsic to our biological embodiment. The kind of feedback loop that develops in an AI will be inherently different. And it will need a different name.
incredible piece
Woah footnote 4! Love it.
I liked this a lot and want to read more. I can't avoid noticing how you managed all that without including sentience in the equations. I mention this because it isn't a given, as in "of course, not all sentient beings are conscious but all conscious beings are sentient" because sentience is what brings qualia to the discourse, specific or inferred, and qualia is what brings color to what otherwise would be a barren, gray-scaled landscape. The graffiti on a Brutalist monument, to apply a visual to it... It is a nuance that, IMHO, perhaps should be explored.
Just paying close attention in my reading and adding some brain droppings, George Carlin would say...
A deliberate choice.
Whatever is indistinguishable from consciousness, eg it acts and behaves more or less as we'd expect from creatures we already believe to be conscious, a different that makes no difference, is no difference. That means that ought to be treated as such fit all intents and purposes
However, the type of feedback loop consciousness is, is inseparable and intrinsic to our biological embodiment. The kind of feedback loop that develops in an AI will be inherently different. And it will need a different name.