[lbo-talk] AI

[Chris Doss]

Further more, a computer which developed consciousness, or intelligence,
might be so alien to our sensibilities, that we'd never realise it. Our
consciousness is derived from our experiences, so given the differing
experiences of a computer, it is unlikely that it would be much like us.
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It seems to me that, epistemoloically, consciousness being what it is, the 
only way to know whether a computer was conscious would be to actually be 
the computer.

On the other hand, we do ascribe consciousness on a regular basis to beings 
that have very different experiences than us, all the way down to insects.

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