Re: Qualia Question



Curt Welch wrote:
> "1Z" <peterdjones@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Lester Zick wrote:
> >
> > > So why is it a subjective experience exactly? You don't seem to be
> > > able to discriminate behavior very well. You just hypothesize certain
> > > interactions and call them subjective. What's the difference between
> > > subjective and objective behavior exactly in mechanical terms?
> >
> > The difference arises in descriptive terms. There is no reason to
> > insist that everything has to be explained mechanically.
>
> To solve AI, we MUST explain everything mechanically. If we can't explain
> everything mechanically, then we can't solve AI.

Indeed. But there is no a priori reason to suppose that we solve AI,
and therefore no a priori reasom to inist that everything must be
mechanically explicable.

> This is an AI group, so the point of all this debate is to help us build
> mechanical machines.

The group is called comp.ai.philosophy. Philosophy has room for
sceptics.
In any case, wanting to do something does not make it a fact that it is
possible.

> The point of all this debate is to figure out how to
> translate all the non-mechanical terms people like to use into mechanical
> terms.
>
> --
> Curt Welch http://CurtWelch.Com/
> curt@xxxxxxxx http://NewsReader.Com/

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