Re:Is artificial consciousness achievable? Lessons from the ...
by CooCooCaCha on Sunday May 19, 2024 @05:41PM
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I think some people think science rejects mystical explanations because science is rigid and stubborn and has it's head buried in the sand.
But no, it's because there's no proof. If we had evidence that something mystical was happening then it would be a huge breakthrough and it would eventually become science.
Re:Is artificial consciousness achievable? Lessons from the ...
by mistermann on Monday May 20, 2024 @10:29AM
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How do you know fine-grained details about the actual actions and cognition of millions of people that you have never met?
Furthermore, do you think there's something about becoming a scientist that converts Scientist Humans into perfectly rational beings?
Re:Is artificial consciousness achievable? Lessons from the ...
by anon291 on Monday May 20, 2024 @10:33AM
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And that would not be me, because at no point did I say we needed a 'mystical' explanation. I'm just pointing out the universe is not always predictable, but -- just as it did many years ago -- this often causes a lot of distress, especially on pop science forums.
Re:Is artificial consciousness achievable? Lessons from the ...
by CooCooCaCha on Monday May 20, 2024 @11:54PM
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Please stop replying in my comments. Your responses are offensively stupid.
Re:Is artificial consciousness achievable? Lessons from the ...
by anon291 on Monday May 20, 2024 @02:23AM
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> portraying an ineffable, unobservable stream of will
I'm not sure why you feel the need to bring divinity into this. The universe is not purely a automaton not because of some purported unobservable god, but simply because all experiments indicate that we cannot predict the behavior of the basic building blocks of the universe.
Re:Is artificial consciousness achievable? Lessons from the ...
by tomrod on Monday May 20, 2024 @04:37PM
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I agree with your assessment. I mentioned the friction people to stem the path where when people begin speaking about multiple streams of access to knowledge, they are typically attempting to inject a common apologetic approach to make theology or philosophical arguments for divinity of various types and definitions.
Re:Is artificial consciousness achievable? Lessons from the ...
by mistermann on Monday May 20, 2024 @10:27AM
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> Science is adaptable to reality -- therefore, it reflects reality as it is presented.
Are the adaptations both flawless and adequate to meet the claim? How would such a thing be tested to confirm truth?
Esoteric arguments portraying an ineffable, unobservable stream of will that never interacts with reality is not observable by definition; since it doesn't interact with reality, it can be safely ignored. Roko's basilisk be damned!