AIIntelligence, language and the challenge of recognizing consciousness
Noema describes Anil Seth’s argument that equating conscious experience with seemingly human qualities can make us see consciousness where it isn’t—and miss it where it is.
TLDR
Noema quotes Anil Seth, winner of the Berggruen Institute Essay Prize Competition, warning about identifying conscious experience with “seemingly human qualities like intelligence & language.” Seth argues that doing so makes us more likely both to attribute consciousness where it doesn’t exist and to overlook it where it does.
Intelligence, language and the challenge of recognizing consciousness
Noema describes Anil Seth’s argument that equating conscious experience with seemingly human qualities can make us see consciousness where it isn’t—and miss it where it is.
TLDR
Noema quotes Anil Seth, winner of the Berggruen Institute Essay Prize Competition, warning about identifying conscious experience with “seemingly human qualities like intelligence & language.” Seth argues that doing so makes us more likely both to attribute consciousness where it doesn’t exist and to overlook it where it does.
