Evolution per se isn’t the important part. I apologize if my wording gave you that impression.
The only reason our brains exist at all is to control our bodies. There are no conscious entities we know of that are just brains in vats.
Why would a being that has no need to maintain biological homeostasis experience something like hunger, tiredness or fear?
That’s what I mean when I say I’ve no reason to believe a thinking machine that has none of my motivations and limitations would ever have a “subjective experience” like my own.
That is, of course, unless we succeed in reverse-engineering human consciousness and somehow deliberately program the machine to experience it.
The only reason our brains exist at all is to control our bodies. There are no conscious entities we know of that are just brains in vats.
Why would a being that has no need to maintain biological homeostasis experience something like hunger, tiredness or fear?
That’s what I mean when I say I’ve no reason to believe a thinking machine that has none of my motivations and limitations would ever have a “subjective experience” like my own.
That is, of course, unless we succeed in reverse-engineering human consciousness and somehow deliberately program the machine to experience it.