[Wittrs] Is Homeostasis the Answer? (Re: Variations in the Idea of Consciousness)
- From: "iro3isdx" <xznwrjnk-evca@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: wittrsamr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2010 01:47:45 -0000
--- In Wittrs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "SWM" <SWMirsky@...> wrote:
> The issue is to develop algorithms that enable adaptation.
That is unlikely to succeed. An algorithm works with predefined
inputs. Adaptation is not constrained to predefined inputs.
> You are arguing that efforts like these are foredoomed because
> algorithmically driven processes lack the capacity to adapt.
To be clear, I am not really arguing. I am comparing my approach with
that of AI, because a comparison helps to illustrate important points.
To argue is to attempt to persuade, and I am not trying to persuade
you. I'm just explaining my ideas as best I can.
> If living systems are algorithmic at a genomic level too then even
> their adaptational capacity is causally grounded.
I do not consider them to be algorithmic at the genomic level.
> So what is the feature that produces what we recognize as
> consciousness?
I guess that depends on what is meant by "consciousness."
Regards,
Neil
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