Bruno Marchal wrote:
>
> Le 21-août-06, à 22:49, Brent Meeker a écrit :
>
>
>>But leaving that aside, I think there is another question in play:
>>What kind of
>>computation implements intelligence? ...consciousness? Is it every
>>computation,
>>with differences only of degree? Or are there distinct requirements?
>
>
> You need at least some relatively self-referentially correct machine.
> The machine has to be self-referentially correct relatively to its most
> probable computations.
>
> To have reflexive consciousness the self-referentially correct machine
> must be sufficiently rich in introspective ability, like lobian machine
> are.
>
> Bruno
I take this to be what is needed to be "self-conscious". But is that the same as
having an inner narrative? Is it the same as passing the mirror test? Is my dog
conscious - or must he first do arithmetic?
Brent Meeker
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Received on Wed Aug 23 2006 - 12:12:11 PDT