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Susan Schneider
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Understanding LLM Understanding skywritingspress.ca Jun 14, 2024 6 facts
referenceSusan Schneider from Florida Atlantic University presents the 'Global Brain' argument regarding consciousness.
perspectiveSusan Schneider argues that interconnected systems, driven by generative models, global sensor networks, and extensive user data, may eventually evolve into a 'Global Brain' system.
perspectiveSusan Schneider posits that humans, as users of AI services, function as nodes in a larger algorithmic system that constitutes a novel form of hybrid intelligence.
referenceSusan Schneider authored the chapter 'How to Catch an AI Zombie' in the book Ethics of Artificial Intelligence (2020), pages 439-458.
referenceSusan Schneider authored the chapter 'Daniel Dennett on the nature of consciousness' in The Blackwell companion to consciousness (2017), pages 314-326.
claimSusan Schneider is the William F. Dietrich Distinguished Professor of Philosophy of Mind at Florida Atlantic University, known for her work in the philosophy of cognitive science and artificial intelligence, specifically regarding the nature of consciousness and the potential for conscious AI.
The Functionalist Case for Machine Consciousness: Evidence from ... lesswrong.com Jan 22, 2025 3 facts
perspectiveSusan Schneider proposes that sophisticated reasoning about consciousness and qualia should be sufficient evidence for consciousness in an artificial intelligence system, even if the system's architecture differs dramatically from human brains.
perspectiveSusan Schneider argues that for the Artificial Consciousness Test (ACT) to be conclusive, AI systems must be 'boxed in' during development, meaning they are prevented from accessing information about consciousness and mental phenomena to ensure responses emerge from genuine understanding rather than pattern matching.
procedureSusan Schneider's AI Consciousness Test (ACT) evaluates an artificial intelligence system's ability to reason about consciousness and subjective experience, rather than focusing on structural similarity to humans.
Life, Intelligence, and Consciousness: A Functional Perspective longnow.org Aug 27, 2025 1 fact
claimPhilosophers Susan Schneider and David Chalmers proposed a thought experiment where a silicon-based computer might be behaviorally identical to a neural-based brain but lack subjective consciousness, a concept they refer to as a "philosophical zombie."
Non-physicalist Theories of Consciousness cambridge.org Dec 20, 2023 1 fact
claimSusan Schneider and Galen Strawson argue that property dualism implies substance dualism.
Panpsychism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Fall 2025 Edition) plato.stanford.edu May 23, 2001 1 fact
claimSusan Schneider (2018) notes that in many popular approaches to quantum gravity, neither space nor time are considered fundamental entities.