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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 04/05/2013 03:34, Gordon wrote:<br>
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and as Anders pointed out and with which I agree, is that
consciousness does not translate through the levels. <br>
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Just to clarify: I am sceptical about whether consciousness
translates between levels, but I am also a functionalist who thinks
you can get consciousness in simulations. So it would be real but
private consciousness.<br>
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It is the privacy of consciousness that makes the level argument
less powerful about it than the corresponding argument about
intelligence. <br>
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<div class="y_msg_container"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">If
you believe the world itself is intrinsically digital,
(and not merely describable in digital terms), then I
think you have good reason to believe in strong AI and
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I think this is a good point. The more I learn about computation
theory and physics, the more it looks like the world is
intrinsically computational. It might or might not be digital, and
quantum information theory adds some weird quirks, but it certainly
looks computational to me. But that is just an impression, not an
argument. <br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Anders Sandberg,
Future of Humanity Institute
Oxford Martin School
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Oxford University </pre>
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