On Wednesday, February 19, 2025, at 1:42 PM, Matt Mahoney wrote: > Space, time, and matter are not fundamental. Physics tells us what we > observe, not what is. The key property of an observer is not consciousness, > but simply memory. Writing to memory is not time symmetric because the prior > content is erased irreversibly. This is why time seems to us to have a > direction. The difference between past and future is what you know.
I use the definition of consciousness as UCP, Universal Communication Protocol or MDL protocol, which would include state potential or like you’re saying memory potential from a panpsychist perspective. The authors of this paper, which is an enjoyable read if you’re into consciousness and category theory, arrive at a similar description as they indicate it as “Consciousness is a universal (mapping) property.” What is the mapping property IMO? UCP. https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.12179 ------------------------------------------ Artificial General Intelligence List: AGI Permalink: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/T72460285b911fa58-Md3f433630834331703c40ca2 Delivery options: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription
