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Several-Car9860 t1_iw9xz19 wrote

They can write papers all that they want, but there seems to be no possible way to explain qualia, and anything other then that seems to just be layer over layer of complex computation.

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happy_guy_2015 t1_iwbqz79 wrote

Suppose we build an AGI that is designed to be completely honest, and it says that it experiences qualia. Would you believe it? Why/why not?

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Several-Car9860 t1_iwcb0u9 wrote

In the same way you can't know if i'm experiencing qualia, you can't know it about any AGI unless we get a new insight onto what qualia is at all.

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DaggerShowRabs t1_iwbwtn7 wrote

Qualia is something people made up to feel special about themselves.

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visarga t1_iwdy4ug wrote

You can explain qualia (the subjective or qualitative properties of experiences) - they are perceptions and their emotional charge, in the context of learning how to achieve goals. They key is the last part. The environment+goal feeds the learning process and gives shape to our emotional reactions.

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