"A neuron just transmits signals. Any cognitive property arises as a consequence of the interplay of those electrical and chemical signals."
Do we now understand consciousness? The statement appears fundamentally limited in its implied insight.
Do we now understand consciousness? The statement appears fundamentally limited in its implied insight.
I agree with you but for rhetorical necessities it would be great if this argument could be made without the direct comparison with human cognition if only because there’s a popular grey-faith argument that will dismiss this offhand and for any number of deeply held philosophical beliefs.
The idea that emergent machine cognition mirrors emergent biological cognition is bordering on behavioralism but on the Wittgenstein side of things. The forest for the trees.
Perhaps it’s not as pithy as you’ve laid out, which is not an insult, just an observation that side-stepping anthropomorphism isn’t going to be as straightforward.
Oh boy. Now here's the rub. We know this is true at least sometimes. When you make a decision and explain it, it is often(always?) just a post-hoc rationalization. You don't actually know why you make a lot of the decision you do even if you dearly believe so.