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0 pointsozy8y ago0 comments

But that is the rub, isn't it. How some mind (or system) experiences something is the very definition of subjective. How to measure that objectively?

Imagine somebody makes a mind out of machine learning. Passes the turing test and more. It reports to "feel", ie to have qualia. Is it parroting what it hears/reads from humans? Or does it actually have a feeling when you show it an image of a sunset? At what breakpoint do you place your debugger and inspect if it is so?

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thriftwy8y ago

A lot of things which we considered subjective were later found to be measurable. I think we should never stop to find an angle from which we can tackle the consciousness problem.

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0 pointsozy8y ago0 comments

But that is the rub, isn't it. How some mind (or system) experiences something is the very definition of subjective. How to measure that objectively?

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thriftwy8y ago

A lot of things which we considered subjective were later found to be measurable. I think we should never stop to find an angle from which we can tackle the consciousness problem.

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