That’s an interesting point of view. It makes me wonder if there’s a useful definition of consciousness along the same vein as the “negative entropy” definition of life (meaning something is alive if it reverses entropy in its local environment).
There’s a theory called IIT which Scott Aaronson rejected because he didn’t think “every time you start up your DVD player you’re lighting the fire of consciousness.”
That’s an interesting point of view. It makes me wonder if there’s a useful definition of consciousness along the same vein as the “negative entropy” definition of life (meaning something is alive if it reverses entropy in its local environment).
There’s a theory called IIT which Scott Aaronson rejected because he didn’t think “every time you start up your DVD player you’re lighting the fire of consciousness.”