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

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Comment author: wedrifid 18 July 2014 03:39:37AM 5 points [-]

I like this description.

I prefer the descriptions from your previous speculations on the subject.

The "agents with shared values" angle is interesting, and likely worth isolating as a distinct concept. But agents with shared values don't seem either sufficient or necessary for much of what we refer to as ethics.