“The p-Zombie - a being that is atom-for-atom identical to a conscious being such as you and me, but it is not conscious.”
- David Chalmers
Mind, AI, and Consciousness Deepdive #006 · Luma
Maximum of 20 people - in-person - priority given to prior attendees - $10
All attendees will have read one of two novels - Blindsight and/or Echopraxia. Co-leads Loki and David will assign key questions to each attendee ahead of time - on book content related to the nature of p-zombies. Final discussion will address how AI may (or may not) be a (type of) p-zombie.
See Primary Readings for links
The 21 Second God - Peter Watts
397: Unscientific - explain xkcd
Consciousness and its Place in Nature
Perspective: Consciousness fits uneasily into our conception of the natural world. On the most common conception of nature, the natural world is the physical world. But on the most common conception of consciousness, it is not easy to see how it could be part of the physical world.
So it seems that to find a place for consciousness within the natural order, we must either revise our conception of consciousness, or revise our conception of nature.
PDF | The Unimagined Preposterousness of Zombies | ID: 6m312182x | Tufts Digital Library