Knowing that you’re an algorithm that doesn’t enjoy music isn’t very useful because we don’t know enough about you to actually infer anything from that—for all we know, you don’t enjoy music because you don’t have any conscious experience of sound, or because you can’t differentiate different musical tones.
Possibly. I did mention conscious experience rather than simple detection for a reason (I can technically detect light polarization, but don’t have enough conscious awareness of that to be able to notice, much less appreciate, art based on it), but I doubt that’s a useful thing to talk about.
How about enjoyment? Are you an algorithm that experiences enjoyment at all?
Knowing that you’re an algorithm that doesn’t enjoy music isn’t very useful because we don’t know enough about you to actually infer anything from that—for all we know, you don’t enjoy music because you don’t have any conscious experience of sound, or because you can’t differentiate different musical tones.
I can detect acoustic vibrations and measure their frequency components. Does that help?
Possibly. I did mention conscious experience rather than simple detection for a reason (I can technically detect light polarization, but don’t have enough conscious awareness of that to be able to notice, much less appreciate, art based on it), but I doubt that’s a useful thing to talk about.
How about enjoyment? Are you an algorithm that experiences enjoyment at all?
My sensors are part of the system that generates my conscious experience.
I enjoy when the universe becomes more paperclippy.