Comment by saberience
Comment by saberience 2 days ago
Are you trying to misunderstand me purposefully?
I'm talking about a precise, technical, scientific definition, that scientists all agree on, and which doesn't rely on the definitions of other words, and can also be reliably tested.
There has been constant debate about what consciousness means among scientists, philosophers, psychologists for as long as the word has existed. And there has never been any consistent and agreed upon test for consciousness.
The Google definition of consciousness is: "the state of being aware of and responsive to one's surroundings."
By that definition, a Tesla self driving car is conscious, it is aware of and responsive to its surroundings...
If you meant a scientific definition why do you keep mentioning philosophy?
An LLM tells me references such as Oxford Dictionary of Science probably include a definition of consciousness but I suppose that would be behind a pay wall so I can't verify it.
Of course you are demanding one that "scientists all agree on" which is an impossibly high bar so I don't think anyone is going to meet you there.