From 2862668bb094660c2b03c180c3d0f8246faa0b5a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: osmarks Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2024 13:19:22 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?Edit=20=E2=80=98consciousness=E2=80=99?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit --- consciousness.myco | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/consciousness.myco b/consciousness.myco index b98a104..70ba0e3 100644 --- a/consciousness.myco +++ b/consciousness.myco @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Consciousness is widely held to result from certain kinds of computation. For in * "Computations" aren't exactly a low-level physical property of the universe: the same systems can be interpreted as "computing" many different things. * {This leads to a number of [[confusing]] scenarios - for example, a [[homomorphically encrypted]] computation may or may not be conscious, but this cannot be tested externally, creating moral problems. * You can check externally if you have a key. What happens if the key is deleted? What if it is not deleted, but is very difficult to obtain (timelock encryption)?} -* There is also the problem of measuring "how much" consciousness is happening: for example, what happens if I run a conscious mind on a pair of computers in lockstep, and then disable one half? What if instead of disabling one half, it is instead subjected to slightly different stimuli? +* There is also the problem of measuring "how much" consciousness is happening: for example, what happens if I run a conscious mind on a pair of computers in lockstep, and then disable one half? What if instead of one half being disabled, it is subjected to slightly different stimuli? * "Incidental computations" by all kinds of systems should plausibly be creating consciousness in very strange scenarios. Why do we experience a rulebound, consistent, simple universe? See also [[Boltzmann brains]]. * What if I represent my computable, conscious function as a very big lookup table?