Ex Machina, et al, and the Metaphysics of Computer Consciousness
How can something with neither mass nor dimension arise from that which has mass and dimension? How can that which has subjectivity and intentionality arise from that which has objectivity and has no intentionality?
The Cognitive Short-Circuit of “Artificial Consciousness”
Since these A.I. dreams are entirely based on implicit assumptions about the nature of consciousness and reality at large, I thought a few observations would be opportune.