green_meklar t1_jb8robf wrote
Reply to comment by Rogermcfarley in With The Help Of AI, By When Will There Be Drugs That De-Ages Humans And Keeps Us Forever Young? by AnakinRagnarsson66
>Generate actual consciousness or an illusion of consciousness?
The real thing, of course. Fakes only take you so far.
>We can perform experiments/tests to see if the machine is representing consciousness in the same way we do but that doesn't mean the machine is conscious.
It can strongly suggest so, especially if we combine it with a robust algorithmic theory of consciousness.
Presumably none of us will ever be 100% certain that we're not the only thinking being in existence, but that's fine, we get plenty of other things done with less than 100% certainty.
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