SkipX t1_j6nodub wrote on January 31, 2023 at 4:55 PM

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

I think your answer fundamentaly misunderstands consciousness. Though thats an understandable mistake to make.

I do not believe that there is any real evidence of what consciousness actually is and whether anything even has it (outside of yourself but that is different problem). To then claim you know what can NOT have consciousness is pretty naïve.

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

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.