Thank you for this analysis. Very helpful. There is so much confusion -- and superficial reasoning -- around the nature of consciousness and subjectivity. We are now told to await the impending "singularity" moment when "super intelligent machines" can alter itself without human intervention and create other super intelligent hardware. The fact that all of these concepts, from "super intelligent" (or simply "intelligent") machines to the idea of an "explosion" of machine intelligence (the singularity), are simply incoherent has not deterred "artificial intelligence" zealots. The "matrix" metaphor is perhaps the dumbest expansion of IT zealotry.
Thanks. I agree wholeheartedly, the discussion you refer to turns on a whole jungle of very shallow and unreflected assumptions as to what intelligence really is. John Steppling has dissected much of this in detail on his blog: https://john-steppling.com/
Thank you for this analysis. Very helpful. There is so much confusion -- and superficial reasoning -- around the nature of consciousness and subjectivity. We are now told to await the impending "singularity" moment when "super intelligent machines" can alter itself without human intervention and create other super intelligent hardware. The fact that all of these concepts, from "super intelligent" (or simply "intelligent") machines to the idea of an "explosion" of machine intelligence (the singularity), are simply incoherent has not deterred "artificial intelligence" zealots. The "matrix" metaphor is perhaps the dumbest expansion of IT zealotry.
Thanks. I agree wholeheartedly, the discussion you refer to turns on a whole jungle of very shallow and unreflected assumptions as to what intelligence really is. John Steppling has dissected much of this in detail on his blog: https://john-steppling.com/