CannibalSmith comments on Outline of a lower bound for consciousness - Less Wrong

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Comment author: CannibalSmith 09 February 2010 07:39:39AM 0 points [-]

I must profess I didn't understand most of what you've said, but did I guess the following right? The equation says that

IF my knowledge is "bigger" than my ontology THEN I might be conscious

And in the case of learning my ontology, it means that my ontology is a subset of my knowledge and thus never bigger than the former.

Comment author: PhilGoetz 09 February 2010 07:35:41PM 0 points [-]

IF my knowledge is "bigger" than my ontology THEN I might be conscious

Right.

And in the case of learning my ontology, it means that my ontology is a subset of my knowledge and thus never bigger than the former.

Exactly.

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