@kevinleeus@donalddhoffman There’s gradations to the intensity of our consciousness in everyday life. We constantly move between relaxed tension (sleep, dream) and intensified / heightened state (action, focus). The travelling between the two extremes is essential to our psychological life
@bokuHaruyaHaru@donalddhoffman Thanks for these thoughtful reflections Haru! I think the question is precisely whether memory, will, intention, etc, can somehow emerge or arise in a rule-based system in a way that is comparable to the human mind.
“philosopher Victoria Trumbull argues that consciousness provides the space for the possible to become real. In a universe driven by laws, consciousness is the creative factor”
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@RickyWilliamso@IAI_TV Thanks Ricky; it’s a pleasure being able to participate in IAI’s wonderful mission and platform of spreading nourishing ideas. I’m missing @HTLGIFestival already!
@conscienceetvie on humanity and AI:
"Most ordinary people are saying, 'Well, hold on, wait a minute, when did we ask for this technology?'
"I think a lot of people now are starting to realize that there is some distinction between the human being and the machine.
"[Pope Leo's Magnifica Humanitas] is very clear: yes, there is that distinction, and we're all capable of discerning that and we're capable also of defending that as well.
"I really love the line [from the encyclical], 'We have a duty to remain profoundly human.'"
@bmccsj@lukeburgis@ClunyInstitute Yes. I think for a while in phil. anthropology, following Plato, intellect was prioritised as the superior aspect of the mind. Now we need to reflect on other dimensions: memory, will, imagination, feeling, love- which might help to clarify the distinct nature of human inner life
@thomasjdias@lukeburgis@ClunyInstitute It’s true, and I think part of what is being called for in this Encyclical is the development of that vocabulary; inviting more thoughtful dialogue into this conversation about “what is the nature of the human person and how is it different from that of the machine”.
@lukeburgis@ClunyInstitute Absolutely. I think there’s a warning here in this encyclical about the use (or misuse) of language, especially in the digital atmosphere, which can breed wider conceptual confusion about fundamental realities.