Dan Williams argues that defining intelligence as 'doing' and consciousness as 'what it is like to have an experience' risks committing to epiphenomenalism, because it treats consciousness as a mysterious qualitative phenomenon distinct from an organism's functional capabilities rather than an evolved trait with fitness advantages.

Authors

• Person: Not available Organization: Conspicuous Cognition
  AI Sessions #9: The Case Against AI Consciousness (with Anil Seth)

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• AI Sessions #9: The Case Against AI Consciousness (with Anil Seth) www.conspicuouscognition.com Conspicuous Cognition via serper

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