[ExI] The symbol grounding problem in strong AI.

[Stathis Papaioannou]

2010/1/8 John Clark <jonkc at bellsouth.net>:
> On Jan 7, 2010, Gordon Swobe wrote:
>
> If we knew exactly what physical conditions must exist in the brain for
> consciousness to exist, i.e., if we knew everything about the NCC,
>
> This NCC of yours is gibberish. You state very specifically that it is not
> the signals between neurons that produce consciousness, so how can some sort
> of magical awareness inside the neuron correlate with anything? You must
> have 100 billion independent conscious entities inside your head.

The NCC is either gibberish or something trivially obvious, like
oxygen, since without it neurons wouldn't work and you would lose
consciousness.


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Stathis Papaioannou