(October 31, 2013 at 12:15 pm)pocaracas Wrote:The way I distinguish qualia in a biological system is by starting with my own qualia. Then I look in the mirror and see a human body. Then I see other human bodies walking around and talking with each other, and it seems super likely that they experience qualia, too.(October 31, 2013 at 11:44 am)bennyboy Wrote: Have I made this claim? I don't think I've ever made a positive assertion about the nature of things.
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.
I can't use that process of like association with something which is so unlike me as a computer.
