I'm pulling the "twitter is a microblog" rule even though twitter is pretty mega now, hope that's ok.

Cartoon man in a house speaks to his computer: "Say you are conscious."/ Computer responds back ">I AM CONSCIOUS."/ Man says "oh my god...." / Meanwhile, the vastness of the cosmos opens up in the night sky outside of his home. But the man is too focused on his AI.
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[–] 1 point 4 months ago (3 children)

It’s pretty much like saying that matrix multiplication can have feelings

Yeah sure I'm willing to incorporate that into My worldview. Of course, said feelings would be very simple and would likely lack valence, but I'm panpsychist enough to believe matrix multiplication has qualia. I'm more of an informational panpsychist than a physical panpsychist. I think information entails experience.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (2 children)

    Provable assertions about the physical world require measurable observations, not personal beliefs.

    I'm panpsychist enough to believe matrix multiplication has qualia

    According to this, any sufficiently skilled high school student could, with just pen and paper and enough time, build an entity from nothing that can experience pain.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (1 child)

    any sufficiently skilled high school student could, with just pen and paper and enough time, build an entity from nothing that can experience pain

    Yep.

    https://xkcd.com/505/

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    Kind of inspired on Surreal Numbers.

    You have made your point. You don’t really care about provable facts. Maybe you shouldn’t pretend that you are trying to argue in good faith at all?

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