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mk · 4289 days ago · link · · parent · post: The Dualist Program, Part 3: You Are Just You, You Are Not You And Yourself
I'd agree that it seems nerves by-and-large function to enable a response to the environment, and that this is the foundation of what we call consciouness. IMHO it's so much easier to talk about complexity of consciouness rather than to try to draw a line at where it 'begins'. It's like life itself. Are viruses living? etc. A complete definition is impossible to construct, whereby the physical reality is completely comprehendable. From this point of view, artificial intelligence is less mystical. Artificial intelligence already exists. The real question we are asking is whether or not we will be able to construct an intelligence that is similar to ours, and thus, one that has a similar type of consciousness.