tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4274983143294115893.post5171662564405258409..comments2023-08-23T00:35:52.014-07:00Comments on Slouching Towards Agalmia: Consciousness Caused My CollapsePeriapsehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04137510079841995583noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4274983143294115893.post-9462000783233966212007-02-01T12:40:00.000-08:002007-02-01T12:40:00.000-08:00I see what you mean. Perhaps I should refine (a). ...I see what you mean. Perhaps I should refine (a). Let's say that the emergent AI consciousness is actually running on a bunch of boxen unconnected with second life servers -- some supercomputing network in a basement lab. The AI is not given any interface to the world -- no cameras, keyboard readers, or display monitors. Instead it is given complete control over a Second Life avatar, the same control a human at at computer would have. It would talk to other avatars (real people) and not have any indication that it is in any way different from them. I believe this also is an "m/b dual" reality since the AI's intentions flow into SL through the same path as human intentions. <br /><br />I'm being purely theoretical here. Of course the poor AI would probably realize something was up when it noticed behavioral differences between it and other avatars. For example, other avatars disappear from the world for many hours or days. Even more shocking to the AI would be the comatose state other avatars occasionally go into called "afk". Some avatars actually are prescient about when an attack of afk will hit them and they announce it before hand to those around them.Periapsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04137510079841995583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4274983143294115893.post-12169776212327384172007-01-31T22:19:00.000-08:002007-01-31T22:19:00.000-08:00It seems to me that it very much does matter how l...It seems to me that it very much does matter how little Rene emerged from the muck into SL consciousness. In the case of (b) and (c), we'd probably agree that he exists in a state of mind/body dualism. In the case of (a), though, it's not at all clear to me that an emergent consciousness in SL would see SL as, say, we do. However, my brain has been fried by reading this post, so I'm going to have to think about it some more.Transient Gadflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10313323030838183737noreply@blogger.com