fae utilise witches.town. Vous pouvez læ suivre et interagir si vous possédez un compte quelque part dans le "fediverse".
People like to ask "what makes you think that x is conscious?"
My reply is: "what makes you think that *you* are?"
@fae this is, so far, only a hypothetical conversation :p
@fae What do you mean?
@starkatt a descriptive specification of the universe gives a ~satisfying explanation for the origin of living beings that behave as though they are conscious and even describe themselves that way, but i get hung up on the gap between that and the actual subjective experience. the external phenomenon is ~explainable but i find myself unable to fully rationalize the subjective sensation.
@fae Unpersuasive in which direction?
@fae Oh, I have absolutely no reason to think that consciousness can't be experienced by a machine!
@starkatt i think this is related to the chinese room argument except that when i read about that i found the reasoning both unpersuasive and kind of infuriating