NocturnalMorning to Comic Strips · 14 days agoThe lookup tableimagemessage-square116linkfedilinkarrow-up1634arrow-down113file-textcross-posted to: atheism
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minus-squareSlurpingPuslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·12 days agoIt’s still the same argument. If the conversation is carried on your end by a bunch of if-else instructions, there’s no consciousness to be found.
minus-squareFooBarringtonlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·12 days agoYes, I think it proves that understanding does not require consciousness.
minus-squareSlurpingPuslinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·12 days agoSo you’re saying that my program that does if obj isinstance cat: obj.pet(), understands what a cat is?
minus-squareFooBarringtonlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down5·12 days agoNo, and if you want to discuss the philosophical idea, please don’t waste my time with dumb questions.
It’s still the same argument. If the conversation is carried on your end by a bunch of if-else instructions, there’s no consciousness to be found.
Yes, I think it proves that understanding does not require consciousness.
So you’re saying that my program that does
if obj isinstance cat: obj.pet(), understands what a cat is?No, and if you want to discuss the philosophical idea, please don’t waste my time with dumb questions.