The fun thing about consciousness is that people throw the word around like it means a lot ... well it doesn't unless you spec a def ... it has like three of four major definitions which are wildly different based on the context.
Roughly :
- - medical usage ( closest to commonspeak )
- - poetic usage ( romantic, sentimental )
- - information systems usage ( broadest )
- - qualia-logy usage ( metaphysics / onotology / last big question )
If I may extend this a bit. ( Tell me when to bugger off. )
- 1. The fact that you appreciate your feelings should always be sacred to yourself. Nothing else has to adjust it. That includes other people's feelings.
- 2. Choosing to admit other people's feelings as effective upon oneself should not be impulsive, but risk-managed.
- 3. There are plenty of other people's feelings that will be debounced at 2. Many humans will be rightfully filtered out. You just need to decide which bots to filter in.
Once you get good at 2., it helps you work on 3.
In the long run, the only difference between a properly behaving bot and a properly behaving meathead is ... civil rights.
It's a bit mind-bendy, but it's at the crux of the philosophical distinction between various types of humans that have less than normal civil rights : criminals, disabled, etc.
At some point bots become more competent than the bottom-tier meathead ... then whaT?
:) philosophy!
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