I am very surprised that you suggest that “having subjective experience” is a yes/no thing. I thought it is consensus opinion here that it is not. I am not sure about others on LW, but I would even go three steps further: it is not even a strict ordering of things. It is not even a partial ordering of things. I believe it can be only defined in the context of an Observer and an Object, where Observer gives some amount of weight to the theory that Object’s subjective experience is similar to Observer’s own.
I thought it is consensus opinion here that it is not.
Links? I’d be interested in seeing what people on LW thought about this, if it’s been discussed before. I can understand the yes/no position, or the idea that there’s a blurry line somewhere between thermostats and humans, but I don’t understand what you mean about the Observer and Object. The Observer in your example has subjective experience?
I am very surprised that you suggest that “having subjective experience” is a yes/no thing. I thought it is consensus opinion here that it is not. I am not sure about others on LW, but I would even go three steps further: it is not even a strict ordering of things. It is not even a partial ordering of things. I believe it can be only defined in the context of an Observer and an Object, where Observer gives some amount of weight to the theory that Object’s subjective experience is similar to Observer’s own.
Links? I’d be interested in seeing what people on LW thought about this, if it’s been discussed before. I can understand the yes/no position, or the idea that there’s a blurry line somewhere between thermostats and humans, but I don’t understand what you mean about the Observer and Object. The Observer in your example has subjective experience?