Not to say that any dumb person lacks consciousness, but you might be surprised how many cognitive scientists think not everyone is “conscious.” There could be zombie/automatons living all around us.
> There could be zombie/automatons living all around us.
So now we have 'consciousness of the gaps'. It's an ever retreating concept, as AI advances what we call consciousness recedes into these gaps. Now we're discussing about how some humans are not really 'conscious', what next? Maybe in the end the only remaining 'conscious' people will be philosophers who don't believe in AI.
So now we have 'consciousness of the gaps'. It's an ever retreating concept, as AI advances what we call consciousness recedes into these gaps. Now we're discussing about how some humans are not really 'conscious', what next? Maybe in the end the only remaining 'conscious' people will be philosophers who don't believe in AI.