(October 31, 2013 at 11:44 am)bennyboy Wrote:(October 31, 2013 at 9:50 am)pocaracas Wrote: Beats me... I'm not the one claiming that qualia is a separate entity from the underlying neurological function.Have I made this claim? I don't think I've ever made a positive assertion about the nature of things.
All I keep saying is "wait and see" until AI produces something that can be described as qualia... and then, you'll have your answer.
As for AI-- genkaus and I have had several long discussions about this. How would you distinguish between an AI system that seems to experience (based on its behavior, for example), or actually experiences?
The same way you distinguish it in a biological system.... I guess.