34557 What exactly are the conscious experiences
(Q&@)
THAT CONSTITUTE THE FLOW OF THE MIND?
Every subjective experience has two fundamental characteristics:
sensation and desire! Robots and computers have no consciousness because despite their myriad abilities
they feel nothing and crave nothing. A robot may have an energy sensor that signals to its central processing unit
when the battery is about to run out! The robot may then move towards an electrical socket, plug itself in &
recharge its battery. However, throughout this process the robot doesn't experience anything. In contrast,
a human being depleted of energy feels hunger and craves to stop this ùnpleasant sensation. That's why
we say that humans are conscious beings and robots aren't, and why it is a crime to make people work
until they collapse from hunger and exhaustion, whereas making robots work until their batteries run
óut carries no moral opprobrium! And what about animals? Are they conscious? Do they have subjective experiences?
Is it okay for a horse to work until he collapses from exhaustion? As noted earlier, the life sciences currently argue that all mammals
and birds, and at least some reptiles and fish, have sensations and emotions! However, the most up-to-date theories also maintain that sensations and emotions are bio-chemical data-processing algorithms. Since we know that robots and computers process data without having any subjective experiences, maybe it works the same with animals? Indeed, we know that even in humans many sensory and emotional brain circuits can process data and initiate actions completely unconsciously. So perhaps behind all sensations & emotions we ascribe to animals - hunger, fear, love & loyalty - lurk only
unconscious algorithms rather
than subjective
experiences?
Every subjective experience has two fundamental characteristics:
sensation and desire! Robots and computers have no consciousness because despite their myriad abilities
they feel nothing and crave nothing. A robot may have an energy sensor that signals to its central processing unit
when the battery is about to run out! The robot may then move towards an electrical socket, plug itself in &
recharge its battery. However, throughout this process the robot doesn't experience anything. In contrast,
a human being depleted of energy feels hunger and craves to stop this ùnpleasant sensation. That's why
we say that humans are conscious beings and robots aren't, and why it is a crime to make people work
until they collapse from hunger and exhaustion, whereas making robots work until their batteries run
óut carries no moral opprobrium! And what about animals? Are they conscious? Do they have subjective experiences?
Is it okay for a horse to work until he collapses from exhaustion? As noted earlier, the life sciences currently argue that all mammals
and birds, and at least some reptiles and fish, have sensations and emotions! However, the most up-to-date theories also maintain that sensations and emotions are bio-chemical data-processing algorithms. Since we know that robots and computers process data without having any subjective experiences, maybe it works the same with animals? Indeed, we know that even in humans many sensory and emotional brain circuits can process data and initiate actions completely unconsciously. So perhaps behind all sensations & emotions we ascribe to animals - hunger, fear, love & loyalty - lurk only
unconscious algorithms rather
than subjective
experiences?
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