Greg Detre
@8.30 (arrived late) on 24/10/01
doesn�t want to define information
resists both continuum/dichotomy of consciousness � why not continuum???
Haugeland � original vs derivative intentionality
Descartes� Error + meta-management
quickfire alarms watching faster than deliberative + meta-management �/span> basic emotions (e.g. fear, infatuation)
types of agents/emotions/minds etc. with different architectures
consciousness � more than just visual analysis, but also likes/dislikes, plus anything else in my inner life � well, what else is there?
why does consciousness require reflectivity + reactivity?
the reactive sys adds something
he doesn�t think embodiment is necessary for a deliberatively non-reactive maths program
Harold Cohen � Aaron (visual compositions)
Edinburgh PhD thesis � a program that makes up jokes
but what would it be for a computer to actually find something funny?
the difference between minds and other virtual machines is the explanatory gap though???
what does it mean to say that organisms can select and initiate rather than just resultants � begs the question??? reactive vs agent???
= the ability to acquire, process + use information
difference between deliberative and meta-management???
do we need consciousness to do the high level intelligent behaviour he talks about???
what more is there to a computer finding something funny than being able to identify/produce humour, and maybe for there to be some sort of positive reward involved perhaps???