From 3bf5a386d687b7d59f9abc26de6312a959ef68c3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: osmarks Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2025 21:22:02 +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 2d0f9c4..5e2b218 100644 --- a/consciousness.myco +++ b/consciousness.myco @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Twin studies in relativistic trolley collisions estimate that consciousness is r Consciousness is widely held to result from certain kinds of computation. For instance, [[https://scottaaronson.blog/?p=1799|integrated information theory]] holds that computations which "integrate information" are conscious. This neatly avoids various problems with other models. However, it has many flaws if considered in depth: * "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. +* {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. See [[https://unstableontology.com/2025/10/22/homomorphically-encrypted-consciousness-and-its-implications/|here]]. * 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 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]], [[Permutation City]].