Re:Peter Norvig critically reviews AlphaCode's code quality
by dragonwriter on Friday December 16, 2022 @10:37PM
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> We can establish mental properties through ordinary physical means.
The thing is that’s doesn’t get you to qualia, because qualia is ultimately a dualistic concept. Physically demonstrable processes are the “accidents”, qualia are the non-physical “essence” (cf., the Catholic doctrine of transubstantiation.) That’s why the role qualia play in the AI debate is as a rejection that observable behavior of any quality can demonstrate real understanding/consciousness, which are concepts tied, in the view of people advancing the argument, to qualia.
The thing is that’s doesn’t get you to qualia, because qualia is ultimately a dualistic concept. Physically demonstrable processes are the “accidents”, qualia are the non-physical “essence” (cf., the Catholic doctrine of transubstantiation.) That’s why the role qualia play in the AI debate is as a rejection that observable behavior of any quality can demonstrate real understanding/consciousness, which are concepts tied, in the view of people advancing the argument, to qualia.