NocturnalMorning to Comic Strips · 2 months agoThe lookup tableimagemessage-square116linkfedilinkarrow-up1635arrow-down113file-textcross-posted to: atheism
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minus-squareDadiferlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down10·2 months agoThat’s like saying the neural network in your head told you how to respond to my inquiry, so it’s not intelligent.
minus-squarerabidhamster@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 months agoWelcome to the wacky world of “is consciousness an illusion, and are we actually deterministic machines” philosophy.
minus-squarerabidhamster@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months agoAfter your first existential crisis, we invite you to enjoy our complimentary, “well, it’s the only reality I’ve got, so might as well roll with it.”
minus-squarejnod4@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoWell the neurons themself might be dumb cells, but together they can be quite smart, everyone is trying to draw a line of how many connections when a neural connection becomes sentient if it ever does become at all, which is a century old problem Are sparrows conscious? Cockroaches? Elephants?
That’s like saying the neural network in your head told you how to respond to my inquiry, so it’s not intelligent.
Welcome to the wacky world of “is consciousness an illusion, and are we actually deterministic machines” philosophy.
And “does the distinction actually matter”!
After your first existential crisis, we invite you to enjoy our complimentary, “well, it’s the only reality I’ve got, so might as well roll with it.”
Well the neurons themself might be dumb cells, but together they can be quite smart, everyone is trying to draw a line of how many connections when a neural connection becomes sentient if it ever does become at all, which is a century old problem
Are sparrows conscious? Cockroaches? Elephants?