Andy Masley (@AndyMasley) · AI Consciousness Opinions

Andy Masley @AndyMasley Oct 2

“Sand can’t be conscious. Only coal and water. Not sand”

168 2.1k quoted by 1 archive account substance 4 · opinion · rank 243 · Dismissing silicon-based AI consciousness as mere 'sand' while accepting carbon biology is absurd. view on X ↗

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Doctor Subtilis @thesubtledoctor Oct 2

I mean, supposing materialism is true, there is every reason to suspect that carbon triple sp orbitals are key to it facilitating consciousness. They are key to the facilitation of every other aspect of life. They are key to its ability to create fire--that is to hold a system

Andy Masley @AndyMasley Oct 2

Affirming

We could really use a philpapers survey type poll of philosophy professors but specifically about questions of AI and mind to just show the general public how common a lot of views like "machines can be conscious" are in mainstream analytic phil

Leading theories allow it

9 124 substance 4 · opinion · rank 126 · Mainstream analytic philosophers commonly believe machines can be conscious. view on X ↗

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Sichu Lu @lu_sichu Oct 2

x.com/lu_sichu/statu… i really need to write this up somewhere but i did the inverse of this and asked the llms the phil survey questions

Andy Masley @AndyMasley Oct 2

Affirming

"I believe we shouldn't block all consideration of AI consciousness because 'machines can't ever be conscious.' There's a lot of uncertainty in philosophy of mind." "That's not evidence that AI is conscious!" "Yes... correct it's not... I didn't say it was" Somehow this is

No one can rule it out

0 351 substance 4 · opinion · rank 60 · We should not dismiss AI consciousness outright given deep uncertainty in philosophy of mind. view on X ↗

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Stiven Peter @StvenWithAnI Oct 2

The uncertainty only reveals your deep ignorance about what it means to be human. About what a substance is, what rationality is. I’m sorry, sand cannot possess a rational soul. The architecture ain’t there amigo.

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