[ExI] Quantum consciousness, quantum mysticism, and transhumanist engineering

Wed Mar 8 22:23:43 UTC 2017

On Tue, Mar 7, 2017  Stathis Papaioannou <stathisp at gmail.com> wrote:

> > 
> If some aspect of my consciousness, or another entity's consciousness if
> they have it, were due to an intrinsic quality of a brain component which
> could not be duplicated by duplicating the observable behaviour of that
> component, then it would imply a decoupling of mind from body.
> 
>

But if that

mysterious

aspect of consciousness is disconnected from observable behavior

then there would be no way for

anybody

to ever discover it, there would be no way Evolution could have produced it
and

, being
unrelated to
observable
 behavior
,

from
my
 point of view it would be totally irreverent if a AI had
that mysterious aspect

 or not
. I
f

a

AI or my fellow humans don't have it that's

their

problem not mine.

I think we should worry less about consciousness and more about
observable 
intelligent behavior.

 John K Clark
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