▲ 21 ▼ Could machines develop consciousness just like we did? (quokk.au) submitted 1 week ago* by bookie@quokk.au to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world 56 comments fedilink hide all child comments I think about this but like, I’m not sure if it’s a stupid question so I’ll put it here.
[–] Davel23@fedia.io 11 points 1 week ago (1 child) To answer that question we would first need to understand what consciousness is and how it arises. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] howrar@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 week ago (1 child) Expanding on that: until we can prove that another human being is conscious, it's highly unlikely that we'll be able to do so for a machine. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* We would need to solve a few dozen philosophical questions before doing anything more than replicating by mimicry. Like some kind of sociopathic entity masking it's behaviours to seem neurotypical. Probably look like some super jacked Austrian dude who's going to be back later or maybe a silver surfer in a cop costume, who knows. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 week ago (1 child) Expanding on that: until we can prove that another human being is conscious, it's highly unlikely that we'll be able to do so for a machine. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* We would need to solve a few dozen philosophical questions before doing anything more than replicating by mimicry. Like some kind of sociopathic entity masking it's behaviours to seem neurotypical. Probably look like some super jacked Austrian dude who's going to be back later or maybe a silver surfer in a cop costume, who knows. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* We would need to solve a few dozen philosophical questions before doing anything more than replicating by mimicry. Like some kind of sociopathic entity masking it's behaviours to seem neurotypical. Probably look like some super jacked Austrian dude who's going to be back later or maybe a silver surfer in a cop costume, who knows. permalink fedilink source parent