#96 - The Nature of Consciousness
Making Sense with Sam Harris - Subscriber Content
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The Mystery of Consciousness
The idea that consciousness is determined from below from the brain may only hold in this world with these laws of nature, but it's not conceptually something that may hold across all possible worlds. It just may be that in order to get something that functions like a human being and seems like a humanBeing from the outside, consciousness is always going to be necessary or will always come along for the ride. I think as we develop AI, we may learn more and more about whether or not that's the case or cease to find it intellectually interesting. That's the mystery. Well, I would strike a slightly different emphasis here. No, complexity doesn't explain anything. Complexity is not good.
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