TheRealBeaker420 t1_j6nq6to wrote on January 31, 2023 at 5:06 PM

Reply to comment by SkipX in The Conscious AI Conundrum: Exploring the Possibility of Artificial Self-Awareness by AUFunmacy

I don't think we lack evidence for what it is, so much as we simply use the term to encapsulate a great many concepts. The lack of an agreeable definition is more a failing of language than a result of the mind being "mythical", as you said.

SkipX t1_j6nzc9c wrote on January 31, 2023 at 6:01 PM

Well then what evidence is there which can not be adequately explained without consciousness?

Also just to make it clearer, I do not claim it to BE mythical. Just that it is easy to seem mythical.

TheRealBeaker420 t1_j6o1rhq wrote on January 31, 2023 at 6:16 PM

Sorry, I'm not sure I understand the question. I agree with the second part, though. It has a lot of attributes that make it difficult to describe, and it's something we give great importance to.

Edit: to try to address the question, I think human behavior is the best evidence. We demonstrate awareness through our actions. There are other terms we can use to describe these traits, though.