Edit - Philosophy Stack Exchange

You are not logged in. Your edit will be placed in a queue until it is peer reviewed.

We welcome edits that make the post easier to understand and more valuable for readers. Because community members review edits, please try to make the post substantially better than how you found it, for example, by fixing grammar or adding additional resources and hyperlinks.

Rev

Maybe AI research should focus on emulating the actions of the thalamus and cortex?
– Scott Rowe
Commented Oct 24, 2023 at 2:11
@ScottRowe No, because most AI research is not about producing consciousness.
– kutschkem
Commented Oct 24, 2023 at 7:54
@kutschkem perhaps it should be.
– Scott Rowe
Commented Oct 24, 2023 at 10:34
1

Note also that the definition used by the study does not require that a conscious entity have a thalamus.
– Dcleve
Commented Oct 24, 2023 at 19:04
1

This answer seems to be nothing but guesses. What you think of as unconscious processes in the brain may be conscious processes with no ability to communicate that fact to the outside world. There's also no reason to believe that consciousness requires "neurons for information processing"; I'm happy to agree that our brain processes information, but you're assuming your conclusion if you assume that's a necessary element of consciousness.
– benrg
Commented Oct 24, 2023 at 21:05

| Show 5 more comments

Correct minor typos or mistakes
Clarify meaning without changing it
Add related resources or links
Always respect the author’s intent
Don’t use edits to reply to the author

create code fences with backticks ` or tildes ~
```
like so
```
add language identifier to highlight code
```python
def function(foo):
print(foo)
```
put returns between paragraphs
for linebreak add 2 spaces at end
_italic_ or **bold**
quote by placing > at start of line
to make links (use https whenever possible)
<https://example.com>
[example](https://example.com)
<a href="https://example.com">example</a>

formatting help »
answering help »