![]() ![]() ![]() So, to me the question translates as: can private consciousness potentially occur in association with silicon computers? But private conscious inner life, seemingly separate from the rest of nature and delineated by the boundaries of a physical entity, is clearly something that has emerged in conjunction with biology. As a metaphysical idealist, I believe consciousness isn’t generated by any substrate-biological or otherwise-for it is primary. I recently took part in a debate organised by the IAI-featuring Donald Hoffman and Susan Schneider, next to yours truly-on the question of whether silicon computers running Artificial Intelligence (AI) software will ever become conscious. Bernardo Kastrup reflects on the debate and his disagreement with Susan Schneider. ![]() Does consciousness only arise in biological beings? Or, is it possible that a computer that observes, interacts, and represents its own internal state to itself might also give rise to consciousness? These were some of the questions posed to Bernardo Kastrup, Susan Schneider and Donald Hoffman in a recent debate for the IAI, ‘Consciousness in the machine’. ![]()
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