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

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Comment author: Spaig 20 July 2014 02:09:33AM 1 point [-]

Maybe not, but you can upgrade your own programs. You can improve your "rationality" program, your "cooking" program, et cetera.

Comment author: Bugmaster 22 July 2014 01:25:59AM 2 points [-]

Yes, I can learn to a certain extent, but so can Pandora (the music-matching problem); IMO that's not much of a yardstick.