Really liked the post. Current ML tentatively seems like it could capture intelligence (LLM’s) and agency/desires (reinforcement learning), but qualia remains a mystery. I feel like these 3 things, all of which are pretty fundamental to our intuitive understanding of sentience, could be logically independent of one another. It would be very interesting to study qualia using tools from math/physics.
Also, I read the description of your personal situation linked from your profile, and I’m sorry about what you’re going through. Hope you can find a way to stay safe, and that everything goes well for you.
Really liked the post. Current ML tentatively seems like it could capture intelligence (LLM’s) and agency/desires (reinforcement learning), but qualia remains a mystery. I feel like these 3 things, all of which are pretty fundamental to our intuitive understanding of sentience, could be logically independent of one another. It would be very interesting to study qualia using tools from math/physics.
Also, I read the description of your personal situation linked from your profile, and I’m sorry about what you’re going through. Hope you can find a way to stay safe, and that everything goes well for you.