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What-Fries-Beneath t1_jak1uri wrote

Reply to comment by rpnewc in [D] Blake Lemoine: I Worked on Google's AI. My Fears Are Coming True. by blabboy

Emotion isn't necessary for consciousness. It's necessary for humanness.

Nearly everyone ITT is holding humans up as the standard. I think it's because we're all afraid to really consider that we're fancy meat robots.

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rpnewc t1_jak3n45 wrote

How would you define consciousness then? Just self reflection?

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What-Fries-Beneath t1_jak53gl wrote

I'm not a researcher in the space, just a big fan. That there are levels of consciousness is very well evidenced. Essentially each level is a layer of dynamic awareness. One of those layers is an awareness of self, and self in the world. It's the HOW that's under investigation not so much the "what". https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/behavioral-and-brain-sciences/article/homing-in-on-consciousness-in-the-nervous-system-an-actionbased-synthesis/2483CA8F40A087A0A7AAABD40E0D89B2

People like to muddy the question with philosophy and spirituality.

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rpnewc t1_jak9i8d wrote

I don't have strong opinions on it either. I am glad to leave it to philosophy, to deal with it. At some point I assume Nick Bostrom will make an opinion on it and Elon Musk won't quit tweeting about it. Oh well!!

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