eh, I’m nitpicking, but you could argue that even microcontrollers are conscious then, because they “know” their state and act as they were set to based on that “knowledge”
we are clueless on what consciousness and knowing is, if we weren’t we would know by now lol
Yeah, I’m not entirely sure that microcontrollers aren’t conscious. If insects (and maybe plants and fungi) are conscious, a lot of mundane stuff we’ve built could technically be as well.
I think we need to get away from the idea that consciousness is special or rare.
eh, I’m nitpicking, but you could argue that even microcontrollers are conscious then, because they “know” their state and act as they were set to based on that “knowledge”
we are clueless on what consciousness and knowing is, if we weren’t we would know by now lol
Yeah, I’m not entirely sure that microcontrollers aren’t conscious. If insects (and maybe plants and fungi) are conscious, a lot of mundane stuff we’ve built could technically be as well.
I think we need to get away from the idea that consciousness is special or rare.