[nahuel0x]

You are confusing intelligence with consciousness (qualia). We simply don't know how qualia develops or how to measure it. We cannot discard, for example, than an ant has a greater qualia level than us. There are theories about qualia being connected to microtubules on neurons and quantum effects... the DOOM-playing neurons also have those microtubules. So you cannot say "definitely not".

[Chris2048]

> consciousness (qualia)

I've never heard the word qualia used as a synonym for consciousness, only as a related but distinct concept.

> an ant has a greater qualia level than us

What? where does this come from?

[invalidusernam3]

Why do you quote only the end, the full sentence is: We cannot discard, for example, than an ant has a greater qualia level than

They're saying that since we don't know how to "measure consciousness" we can't be certain that an ant doesn't have more "consciousness" than us. Obviously it seems very unlikely, but we can't be certain

[Chris2048]

I don't share that interpretation, maybe they clarify what was meant themselves?

[arbitrary_name]

fwiw i share the same interpretation as the other commenter.