Re: Conscious of the parts

From: John K Clark (jonkc@att.net)
Date: Tue Aug 29 2006 - 00:29:06 MDT


"Tennessee Leeuwenburg" <tennessee@tennessee.id.au>

> Might not a very powerful AI entity be built from such components, yet
> have no consciousness of those components?

How did you determine that your fellow human beings are not just brilliant
AI systems with no more consciousness than a rock?

> might not a very powerful AI entity prevent the Singularity from
> occurring?

A very powerful AI is the very definition of the Singularity.

> Is there more to be read on those topics?

Not on this list, the discussion is banned.

     John K Clark

To: <sl4@sl4.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 1:18 AM
Subject: Conscious of the parts

> Suppose that it is possible to build expert systems that do very well.
> Might not a very powerful AI entity be built from such components, yet
> have no consciousness of those components?
>
> If an entity achieves singularity, what does it mean if it is not
> conscious of all of its parts?
>
> Also, might not a very powerful AI entity prevent the Singularity from
> occurring?
>
> Is there more to be read on those topics?
>
> Cheers,
> -T
>



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