AURELIS is about respecting the total human being. This includes conscious and non-conscious processing. ► To get this in your email, RSS…, open this blog and click here. ◄ If you are new to this blog-wiki, please read this introduction.
Clearly. But why do so many individuals treat others as if they were insignificant? Is it because we fail to recognize our own intrinsic value? By seeing your own profound worth, you see that of others. The crucial term here is ‘profound.’ This perspective is incompatible with seeing a human being – including oneself – Read the full article…
(Self-)modeling + attention + information complexity + drive = consciousness. This isn’t merely a sum of parts but a synthesis, where each element reinforces and amplifies the others. The first three elements describe intelligence, making consciousness – such as yours – essentially intelligence driven by purpose. An entity is conscious if it intrinsically knows what Read the full article…
This is probably the biggest danger in the setting of A.I. Through reductionism, it might strip away the richness of our humanness, potentially impoverishing it immensely. Conversely, it holds the potential to enrich our humanness greatly. The challenge is ours. Reductionism Please read ‘Against Reductionism’ in which I take a heavy standpoint. This is mainly Read the full article…