I find it aesthetically bothersome to have a venn diagram where so many of the sections are marked “not possible”—further elaboration on why not might be worthwhile.
I take your point that “has feelings about things” seems to presuppose an inner observer to have those feelings, and probably that “has a good enough world model to act intelligently” presupposes including your self as an important part of that model. Not 100% committed to that second one (are we sure it’s inconceivable for an entity to be “clever” without self-awareness?), but I’ll go with it.
But if they’re supposed to be subcategories included within each other, I feel like the diagram should represent that. Like this perhaps: https://i.imgur.com/5yAhnJg.png
I really like your version of the Venn diagram! I’ve never seen one like that before, but it makes a lot of sense.
I could indeed imagine an intelligent being that is somehow totally bared from self-knowledge, but that is a very flawed form of sapience, in my opinion.
I find it aesthetically bothersome to have a venn diagram where so many of the sections are marked “not possible”—further elaboration on why not might be worthwhile.
I take your point that “has feelings about things” seems to presuppose an inner observer to have those feelings, and probably that “has a good enough world model to act intelligently” presupposes including your self as an important part of that model. Not 100% committed to that second one (are we sure it’s inconceivable for an entity to be “clever” without self-awareness?), but I’ll go with it.
But if they’re supposed to be subcategories included within each other, I feel like the diagram should represent that. Like this perhaps: https://i.imgur.com/5yAhnJg.png
I really like your version of the Venn diagram! I’ve never seen one like that before, but it makes a lot of sense.
I could indeed imagine an intelligent being that is somehow totally bared from self-knowledge, but that is a very flawed form of sapience, in my opinion.