With their sharper senses I’d imagine that dogs experience the world in a much richer way than humans. Then, depending on your definition, you could say it makes dogs more ‘conscious’. This opens the door for many other animals with bigger brains and more complex sensory organs than humans. Are they also more conscious?
Yes, agreed. Given the vast variety of intelligence, social interaction, and sensory perception among many animals (e.g. dogs, octopi, birds, mantis shrimp, elephants, whales, etc.), consciousness could be seen as a spectrum with entities possessing varying degrees of it. But, it could also be viewed as a much more multi-dimensional concept, including dimensions for self-awareness and multi-sensory perception, as well as dimensions for:
social awareness
problem-solving and adaptability
metacognition
emotional depth and variety
temporal awareness
imagination and creativity
moral and ethical reasoning
Some animals excel in certain dimensions, while others shine in entirely different areas, depending on the evolutionary advantages within their particular niches and environments.
One could also consider other dimensions of “consciousness” that AI/AGI could possess, potentially surpassing humans and other animals. For instance:
computational speed
memory capacity and recall
multitasking
rapid upgradability of perception and thought algorithms
I mostly agree with the last part of your post about some experts never agreeing whether others (animal, artificial, etc) are conscious or not. A possible solution would be to come up with new language or nomenclature to describe the different possible spectrums and different dimensions they fall under. So many disagreements regarding this topic seem to derive from different parties having different definitions for AGI or ASI.
With their sharper senses I’d imagine that dogs experience the world in a much richer way than humans. Then, depending on your definition, you could say it makes dogs more ‘conscious’. This opens the door for many other animals with bigger brains and more complex sensory organs than humans. Are they also more conscious?
Yes, agreed. Given the vast variety of intelligence, social interaction, and sensory perception among many animals (e.g. dogs, octopi, birds, mantis shrimp, elephants, whales, etc.), consciousness could be seen as a spectrum with entities possessing varying degrees of it. But, it could also be viewed as a much more multi-dimensional concept, including dimensions for self-awareness and multi-sensory perception, as well as dimensions for:
social awareness
problem-solving and adaptability
metacognition
emotional depth and variety
temporal awareness
imagination and creativity
moral and ethical reasoning
Some animals excel in certain dimensions, while others shine in entirely different areas, depending on the evolutionary advantages within their particular niches and environments.
One could also consider other dimensions of “consciousness” that AI/AGI could possess, potentially surpassing humans and other animals. For instance:
computational speed
memory capacity and recall
multitasking
rapid upgradability of perception and thought algorithms
rapid data ingestion and integration (learning)
advanced pattern recognition
universal language processing
scalability
endurance
I mostly agree with the last part of your post about some experts never agreeing whether others (animal, artificial, etc) are conscious or not. A possible solution would be to come up with new language or nomenclature to describe the different possible spectrums and different dimensions they fall under. So many disagreements regarding this topic seem to derive from different parties having different definitions for AGI or ASI.