/sci/ - Science & Math

the hard problem is unverifiable and irrelevant. If we make an AI that looks, sounds, and acts like it is conscience then we did it. There's always going to be someone saying B-B-BUT U CAN'T KNO FO SHO DOE about anything. I can't say what's actually happening in anyone's head but I can sleep easy knowing that they are conscience beings like me. The hard "why" and how EXACTALLY it functions are always going to be unprovable but that doesn't mean it not's happening and can be explained as any other physical phenomena. My personal hunch is that it's just language. It's just a social tool so that we can better understand the motivations and actions of other people. If language learning becomes sophisticated enough to do the same thing to better understand what it's trying to communicate with then we can say that it's self aware and conscience. Basically in order to have a "you" we must create an "I" as well.