My summary of this thread so far:
- We can't even prove/disprove humans are consciousness
- Yes but we assume they are because very bad things happen when we don't
- Okay but we can extend that to other beings. See: factory farming (~80B caged animals per year).
- The best we can hope for is reasoning by analogy. "If human (mind) shaped, why not conscious?"
This paper is basically taking that to its logical conclusion. We assume humans are conscious, then we study their shape (neural structures), then we say "this is the shape that makes consciousness." Nevermind octopi evolved eyes independently, let alone intelligence. We'd have to study their structures too, right?
My question here is... why do people do bad things to the Sims? If people accepted solipsism ("only I am conscious"), would they start treating other people as badly as they do in The Sims? Is that what we're already doing with AIs?
- We can't even prove/disprove humans are consciousness
- Yes but we assume they are because very bad things happen when we don't
- Okay but we can extend that to other beings. See: factory farming (~80B caged animals per year).
- The best we can hope for is reasoning by analogy. "If human (mind) shaped, why not conscious?"
This paper is basically taking that to its logical conclusion. We assume humans are conscious, then we study their shape (neural structures), then we say "this is the shape that makes consciousness." Nevermind octopi evolved eyes independently, let alone intelligence. We'd have to study their structures too, right?
My question here is... why do people do bad things to the Sims? If people accepted solipsism ("only I am conscious"), would they start treating other people as badly as they do in The Sims? Is that what we're already doing with AIs?