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Rich the Philosophizer
- Jan 1, 1970
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Rich the Philosophizer wrote:
..It will depend on what is available to it to feel with. Digital nervous"[there are] two kinds of awareness... conscious awareness and sentient
awareness. The awareness of mind is called 'consciousness', and the
awareness of emotions and body sensations is called 'sentience' or
'feeling.'"
--- excerpted from http://www.godchannel.com/awareness.html
I'll be impressed when I see a machine that can feel.
system? Digital skin?
Well, when you poke an ameba with a needle and it flinches, what did it
feel the needle with? How does an ameba decide what's food vs what's
dangerous?
I guess some kinds of sea slugs or some such have pretty sophisticated
behaviors, and their brain is like eight neurons.
Thanks!
Rich