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		eggnet on Dec 19, 2008 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Where does consciousness come from? If we mechanically understood how thinking or consciousness worked, we would have AI. We don't understand, and don't have AI. I hope I was helpful :)

chris_l on Dec 19, 2008 [–]

Intelligence != Consciousness

randallsquared on Dec 19, 2008 | [–]

That's true, but most people really mean artificially generated consciousness when they say "AI". A few people, like Yudkowsky, really don't, but the original post here was about consciousness, not really powerful optimization processes.

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