Shelley Adamo misunderstands first question in part c) of her answer. I didn’t mean to suggest that biology was required for consciousness, just that biological organisms might be more likely to have underlying homology with humans, which could mean that they might be conscious while similarly complex AI would not be.I think that our best theories of consciousness suggest that at some point AI will be conscious.
An issue with a written interview like this is that you can’t make clarifications on the fly to head off misunderstandings. I hope to improve on conducting these interviews in the future.
Shelley Adamo misunderstands first question in part c) of her answer. I didn’t mean to suggest that biology was required for consciousness, just that biological organisms might be more likely to have underlying homology with humans, which could mean that they might be conscious while similarly complex AI would not be.I think that our best theories of consciousness suggest that at some point AI will be conscious.
An issue with a written interview like this is that you can’t make clarifications on the fly to head off misunderstandings. I hope to improve on conducting these interviews in the future.