So the question is, do we think that your computer program is conscious—that it is like something to be that program—or is it just a manipulation of symbols? That’s really the heart of the question. We don’t really know the answer to that in neuroscience. What we have is an existence proof which is ourselves. We know we are made of pieces and parts: almost 100 billion neurons, each one of which has about 10,000 connections. So we’re made of enormously sophisticated stuff. And yet we know we have consciousness, so it seems it should be possible to build consciousness in a machine.
The science advisor to Westworld waxing poetically. Consciousness is greatly over rated, including neuro science.
Humans stood up, thew a rock and discovered self observed practice at the art and formalized left/right dominance. Animals do it a bit but are more symmetrical. We engage in purposeful practice drills, we train our neural nets. Standing, aiming and throwing a rock was a watershed moment in human history, true, but we glamorize it, create fantasies about it. Our sports culture, much of the skilled trades, writers all practice the hand dominance thing, it is a big cultural deal; but nothing special is happening in the brain except neural nets get their neuro-transmitters up to snuff.
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