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Analog_AI t1_iqziiin wrote

Reply to comment by 4e_65_6f in Researcher offers new explanation for consciousness by Dr_Singularity

What would be your definition of consciousness?

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4e_65_6f t1_iqziwnv wrote

My understanding of it is the "observer" itself. The thing you call "me" that's reading this right now.

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Analog_AI t1_iqzj4v1 wrote

Of course, the observer must be doing the observing. No dispute there. But I was wondering how would you define consciousness as opposed to awareness.

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4e_65_6f t1_iqzkiuo wrote

Awareness would be just the representation of the data without the observer.

For instance, you can open a page of a .pdf document, in that moment the computer is "aware" of that data, but it can't actually "read" the document by itself.

Another good example would be dreaming, you can be "aware" (have memories and neurons firing) without being conscious to experience what's going on.

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superluminary t1_ir0gq5d wrote

Interesting that you draw a distinction between consciousness and awareness.

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