Re:How We’ll Know an AI Is Conscious
by mjburgess on Monday March 29, 2021 @10:02AM
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The argument motivates why this alleged duck isn't walking and talking like a duck.
For sure, if it does, then it isn't relevant.
The "duck" here is a person, and "walking and talking" are literal. Where is the machine that participates in my environment, with me, imagines/believes/advices/speculates/cares about what I am doing? (And so on).
There is no such machine.
The "quacking" we have isn't the quacking of a duck. It's a stupid buzzer that has been mashed too many times and a foolish audience who has never thought much about the sound of a duck.
For sure, if it does, then it isn't relevant.
The "duck" here is a person, and "walking and talking" are literal. Where is the machine that participates in my environment, with me, imagines/believes/advices/speculates/cares about what I am doing? (And so on).
There is no such machine.
The "quacking" we have isn't the quacking of a duck. It's a stupid buzzer that has been mashed too many times and a foolish audience who has never thought much about the sound of a duck.