[ExI] Definition of Consciousness (Was Re: My guesses about GPTs consciousness)

efc at swisscows.email efc at swisscows.email
Thu Apr 20 10:51:49 UTC 2023


Strictly speaking, I do not believe there are color qualities in the 
world, unless there are humans to process the inputs. I believe color 
qualities emerge due to the interaction of humans and objects in the 
world.

Best regards,
Daniel


On Wed, 19 Apr 2023, Brent Allsop via extropy-chat wrote:

> 
> I don't like the term qualia, I prefer the term quality.
> So I wonder if you guys think color qualities are different from qualia.
> (i.e. are you saying there are no color qualities in this world, or that science isn't interested in that part of reality...?)
> 
> 
> On Wed, Apr 19, 2023 at 4:17 AM efc--- via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>       Thank you Ben, I'll take the stuffed red herring please! ;)
>
>       Best regards,
>       Daniel
> 
>
>       On Wed, 19 Apr 2023, Ben Zaiboc via extropy-chat wrote:
>
>       > On 18/04/2023 23:39, efc at swisscows.email wrote:
>       >> In fact, I could even assent to the statement that qualia and redness in
>       >> fact are "red herrings" that will get us nowhere, and should best be
>       >> left alone.
>       >
>       > Congratulations, Daniel.
>       >
>       > Take any prize from the top shelf!
>       >
>       > Ben
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