Eliezer occasionally looked like he was having trouble following Lanier’s reasoning. I certainly did. My guess is that this is because, on those occasions, Lanier didn’t have a reasoning.
Also, it seems to me that despite his protestations (in his one half a manifesto), Lanier really does believe that consciousness is unexplainable/irreducible/magical.
Eliezer occasionally looked like he was having trouble following Lanier’s reasoning. I certainly did. My guess is that this is because, on those occasions, Lanier didn’t have a reasoning.
Also, it seems to me that despite his protestations (in his one half a manifesto), Lanier really does believe that consciousness is unexplainable/irreducible/magical.