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turnip_burrito t1_j33unnx wrote

Reply to comment by bubster15 in I asked ChatGPT if it is sentient, and I can't really argue with its point by wtfcommittee

If consciousness isn't the subjective experience, and it isn't the externally observable physical system, then there is nothing left for it to be, except perhaps a third thing like a "soul". It is logically impossible for a word to sensibly mean anything except one or a subset of those three things. Consciousness, to mean anything, would be one of those or some aspect of those. The cause or process of it is not determinable now, but the thing itself can be put to words easily.

If something is impossible to define, then the word should not be used in a serious discussion.

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eve_of_distraction t1_j34apbl wrote

Some people including famous philosophers are deeply confused about this. Look at Dan Dennett for example, claiming consciousness is an illusion. It stems from an alarming lack of introspection.

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