Bugmaster comments on Confused as to usefulness of 'consciousness' as a concept - LessWrong

35 Post author: KnaveOfAllTrades 13 July 2014 11:01AM

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Comment author: Bugmaster 15 July 2014 12:16:21AM 1 point [-]

I'm not sure what you mean; can you elaborate ?

Comment author: TheAncientGeek 15 July 2014 05:29:52PM 0 points [-]

A functional equivlent of a person would make the same reports, including apparently introspective ones. However,they would not have the same truth values. They might report that they area real person, not a simulation. So a a lot depends on whether introspection unintended as a success word.