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Re:A landscape of consciousness: Toward a taxonomy of explan... by pixl97 on Friday July 05, 2024 @12:28PM (#40884058)
Is a video game a conscious experience for a computer?

Now imagine an internal video game in a computer system that is being generated from the real world inputs of what it sees/hears/feels around it. You take outside input, simulate it, record some information on it, and output feedback into the real world.

Many people would say this isn't consciousness, but I personally disagree. You have input, processing, introspection, and output. The loops that occur in the human brain are more complex, but you have the same things occurring. There is electrical processing and chemical reactions occurring in the humans mind. Just because we don't understand their exact processing doesn't mean they are unrelated to consciousness. Moreso we can turn this consciousness off with drugs and stop said electrical processing.

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