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From: henrycosh@cix.compulink.co.uk ("Henry Cosh")
Subject: Re: Partial consciousness
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Date: Sun, 20 Nov 1994 14:43:34 GMT
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In message <3ag4lb$heq@netaxs.com>, sparky@netaxs.com said:
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>How would we know?  I would argue that consciousness is in some sense 
>similar to inteligence..  We already have machines that are .0001 IQ
>But that is'nt what we think of as being very smart..  Consciousness 
>seems very similar..  We have all experienced states where we were barly 
>conscious.. I am sure the IQ was not far behind either at that point but 
>the actual perception seems to involve some changes.. perhaps less 
>complexity or data relating to all the normally conscious stuff.. omitions..
>
>partial consciousness seems to be comon in advanced systems that can 
>reason about themselves in a limited way..  But the level is like IQ..  
>It takes a lot of it to look really..aware.

You are equating consciousness with thought processses. But thinking
can stop, and consciousness remains. Therefore the relationship between
IQ/thinking and consciousness is something like 'happens inside'.

What would a computer experience while in the idle loop?
Absolutely nothing!

Henry Cosh


 


