[ExI] Fwd: Is Artificial Life Conscious?

[Brent Allsop]

Hi Colin,
This is exactly the same kind of stuff I'm always talking about.  Stathis
is right about everything, but missing the "what are the representations
phenomenally like" part.

It sounds like we are in the same camp?




On Tue, Apr 26, 2022 at 8:16 PM Colin Hales via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> No. What you are saying is both right and irrelevant. Brain's use
> information encode in the field system, which is degenerately related to
> the position of ions. Stop talking about ion positions and start talking
> about "what it is like to BE ions. If you cannot see the problem space,
> then this discussion cannot progress anywhere.
>
> The information content in the total, emergent field system (not just
> their ionic charge source locations) is what I am talking about.
>
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