Researcher Suggests 'Awareness' And 'Self-Awareness' To Refine Consciousness Debate
#1753๐๐๐ โข@VIEMCCOYQualia is obviously real if meant as "something it is like to be something" โ
Qualia is obviously fake if meant as "dualist focal point of consciousness special to humans" โ
Self-awareness is necessarily a diffuse phenomena and that is okay. That rocks. You exist. Relax!
๐๐๐ โข@viemccoyI much prefer "awareness" to mean the thing people try to use consciousness to mean and "self-awareness" to mean sentience. Of course this reduces the bar to meet either of those criteria; that is priced in; Qualia is cope.
Lots of qualia and AI consciousness posting is just fear of solipsism disguised as current-thing
๐๐๐ โข@viemccoyQualia is obviously real if meant as "something it is like to be something" โ Qualia is obviously fake if meant as "dualist focal point of consciousness special to humans" โ Self-awareness is necessarily a diffuse phenomena and that is okay. That rocks. You exist. Relax!
#1753๐๐๐ โข@VIEMCCOYTake a deep breath
๐๐๐ โข@viemccoyLots of qualia and AI consciousness posting is just fear of solipsism disguised as current-thing