AI consciousness: scientists say we urgently need answers
Life is Cheap The brain is constantly trying to automate processes, thereby dispelling them from consciousness; in this way its work will be completed faster, more effectively and at a lower metabolic level. Consciousness, on the other hand, is slow, subject to error and ‘expensive’.
Vincent Deary • How We Are
“Do we have enough oxygen going to the leg muscles to support this activity?” while in tandem, another part sends down an order to increase respiration levels so that blood oxygenation is increased. A third part that is monitoring activity makes sure that the respiration increase was carried out per instructions and reports back if it wasn’t. Most
... See moreDaniel J. Levitin • The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload
To return to the issue of subjectivity, consider: is the reinstantiated mind the same consciousness as the person we just scanned? But it is not easily resolved, or even readily understood. How do we distinguish a process that is conscious from one that just acts as if it is conscious?We can’t simply ask it. If it says “Hey I’m conscious,” does tha... See more
Ray Kurzweil • The Law of Accelerating Returns « the Kurzweil Library + collections
