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Ryota Kanai @kanair · 1h
This may be obvious, but when we talk about AI consciousness, we need to distinguish these three questions.

1. Does it behave as if conscious?
2. Does it implement functions or computations associated with consciousness?
3. Does it actually have subjective experience?
[5 replies, 1 repost, 7 likes, 718 views]

Cameron Berg @camhberg · 57m
Another importantly distinct variable is, does it *model itself* as conscious?
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Twitter exchange between Ryota Kanai and Cameron Berg distinguishing separate questions about AI consciousness: whether a system behaves as if conscious, implements consciousness-associated computations, actually has subjective experience, or models itself as conscious.

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Ryota Kanai @kanair

— reply thread with @architectonyx (fellow traveler)

@kanair (Ryota Kanai) — 5h I often hear the argument that a simulation of water isn't wet, therefore a simulation of consciousness cannot be conscious. But when a computer calculates 2+2, it is not a simulation of addition, but it is an instance of addition. I think consciousness is something like that. 💬 9 🔁 6 ♡ 42 📊 2.7K 🔖 ⤴ @architectonyx (fellow 🌿 traveler 🔥) — 1h I think a bit of this comes from ambiguity in the definition of simulation Colloquially, it's often framed as an imposter but approaching "simulation" formally, it's built on some sense of morphism that preserves properties 💬 1 🔁 — ♡ 4 📊 56 🔖 ⤴ @architectonyx (fellow 🌿 traveler 🔥) — 1h In the water case (the proponents claim) the morphism is not strong enough to exhaustively capture all properties (like wetness), where with things like numbers, clocks, etc we can exhaustively capture all the relevant properties of the thing being simulated
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Reply thread with engagement counts visible for each tweet; profile pictures shown (Kanai's headshot, a Pikachu-themed avatar for architectonyx).

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