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by edanm 2531 days ago
Why would it? How do Godel's incompleteness theorems factor in here?

It's a common mistake to think the theorems say more than they really do, or apply in more cases than they really do. AI is simply based on the idea that we can reach at least the level of human intelligence, in artificial software/hardware, which, considering that we ourselves are pure hardware/software and nothing magical, should absolutely be right.
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technocratius 2530 days ago
> considering that we ourselves are pure hardware/software

I also supect this, but let's be honest that we as a species are not close to understanding consciousness in it's entirity yet so I'd refrain from making such absolute statements

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edanm 2530 days ago
You're putting too high a bar on what we need to understand. We don't understand physics in its entirety either- we can still say lots of things with confidence.

That we are our physical body is pretty certain. You press a certain part of the brain, and predictably our personality changes. Of course we can't be certain of a lot of things, but I am much more certain of this than I am of of other things, and Godels theorems don't apply.

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