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Seattle3503
on March 3, 2025
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Gödel's theorem debunks the most important AI myth...
"The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim." - Edsger Dijkstra
Maybe we can swap out "think" with "experience consciousness"
int_19h
on March 3, 2025
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You need to define "consciousness" first for the question to have any meaning, but all our definitions of consciousness seem to ultimately boil down to, "this thing that I'm experiencing".
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Maybe we can swap out "think" with "experience consciousness"