Matt
That's according to John's definition thereof. The rest of us do not
necessarily agree with such a limited view. At this stage, it cannot be
absolutely stated what qualia is. For example, mine is a lot more fuzzy and
abstract in terms of autonomous, identifier signalling . And that is but
John answered the question. Qualia = sensory input compressed for
communication. A thermostat has qualia because it compresses its input to
one bit (too hot/too cold) and communicates it to the heater.
On Fri, Sep 21, 2018, 2:00 PM Jim Bromer via AGI
wrote:
> > From: Matt Mahoney via AGI
> > >
> From: Matt Mahoney via AGI
> >
> > What is qualia? How do I know if monkeys,
> > fish, insects, human embryos, robots, or thermostats have qualia and how
> > would they behave differently if they did or did not. What is the test?
That is an ontologically flawed question.
Jim Bromer
On Fri,
What Colin is saying here comes in various "flavors". For example...
1. You could simulate individual neurons, but you would probably miss the
contributions of various integrating mechanisms that accumulate important
statistics.
2. In a few more decades we might know and be able to simulate all o
> -Original Message-
> From: Matt Mahoney via AGI
>
> You didn't answer my question. What is qualia? How do I know if monkeys,
> fish, insects, human embryos, robots, or thermostats have qualia and how
> would they behave differently if they did or did not. What is the test?
>
Qualia =
