ArisKatsaris comments on Undiscriminating Skepticism - Less Wrong

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Comment author: ExAequali 15 October 2013 09:10:52AM 0 points [-]

So is the source of consciousness not a mystery? Or is consciousness not necessary for intelligence?

Comment author: ArisKatsaris 15 October 2013 10:48:33AM 0 points [-]

Or is consciousness not necessary for intelligence?

Indeed. If we mean "intelligence" as ability to optimize an arbitrary goal X, I don't see either consciousness or intelligence being at all necessary for the other. These are two completely different things.

Consciousness is currently mysterious (at least for me), intelligence not really.

Comment author: ExAequali 27 October 2013 07:43:32AM *  0 points [-]

This article makes some interesting points about the meaning of intelligence. Curious what you think of Hofstadter's arguments.