Digital minds
Who are the agents here?
2012-03-16 — 2026-10-20
In Which the Cacophony Model Is Observed, Shane Legg, Fernando Rosas, and Anil Seth Are Linked via the Arvomm Repository, and the Frantic Disputations Regarding Consciousness Are Regarded With a Heavy, Listless Sigh.
how do science
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Is the question of whether digital mind-like behaviour is a matter of simulationism, moral patienthood, or “consciousness”? I don’t know. Let’s watch people flap about trying to work out what the question even is.
- Your brain does not process information and it is not a computer
- Your brain probably is a computer, whatever that means
- Stitching the Manifold Horizon 1.0 // Peter Wolfendale – :: DIFFRACTIØNS ::
1 The cacophony model
Any good? I don’t know, but it features Shane Legg, Fernando Rosas, and Anil Seth collaborating, so it’s certainly doing something interesting.
2 References
Chandaria, Morán, Rosas, et al. 2026. “From Cacophony to Hierarchy: A Principled Framework for Assessing AI Consciousness.”
Schwitzgebel. 2026. AI and Consciousness: A Skeptical Overview.
Searle. 1980. “Minds, Brains, and Programs.” The Behavioral and Brain Sciences.