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Giving Up on Consciousness as the Ghost in the Machine (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)

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[–] Sims@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

https://youtu.be/4bBxMs5mhvs 'Consciousness was invented in the 1600s'

Also, the easiest way to generate 'Consciousness' in any system is to add a feedback mechanism. A simple echo in a system or input stream, is a potential emerging 'consciousness'. It becomes aware of something 'it' did before - and then it discover the illusion of 'I', free will and personal responsibility (vs long-chained cause&effect from society/environment).

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 0 points 4 months ago

She does a good job explaining how mind-body dualism is a fundamentally flawed idea. And very much agree that consciousness is basically a result of feedback mechanism. More specifically, I'd say that it's a result of the mind creating a model of itself for the purposes of metacognition that facilitates self modulation. We need to model ourselves to be able to reason about ourselves, do introspection of our actions, and to be able to adjust our behaviors.