JoshuaZ comments on Minimum computation and data requirements for consciousness. - Less Wrong

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Comment author: daedalus2u 24 August 2010 02:46:36AM *  0 points [-]

[Consciousness] :The subjective state of being self-aware that one is an autonomous entity that can differentially regulate what one is thinking about.

Comment author: JoshuaZ 24 August 2010 04:01:06AM 3 points [-]

"self-aware" "differentially regulate" and "what one is thinking about" carry almost as much baggage as consciousness. I'm not sure that this particularly unpacking helps much.