Theories of consciousness will lead to actionable understanding of AI consciousness²
Global workspace theory makes anthropic’s discovery of the “j-space” much more plausibly a sign of AI consciousness. If a theory of consciousness doesn’t help us determine between whether AI is conscious or not, I don’t think it’s much better than a theory of phlogiston is to fire.
Global workspace theory makes anthropic’s discovery of the “j-space” much more plausibly a sign of AI consciousness. If a theory of consciousness doesn’t help us determine between whether AI is conscious or not, I don’t think it’s much better than a theory of phlogiston is to fire.