Consciência como ilusão e o "inner self" (Fuvest 2004)
From Susan Blackmore In his article on computers and consciousness, Igor Aleksander was quite wrong to say that "Susan Blackmore...implies that constructing a machine that is conscious like us would be impossible" (19 July, p 40). I do indeed claim that consciousness is an illusion. This is because it feels to us humans as though there is a continuous flow of experiences happening to an inner self, when in fact, there is no such inner self. Computers have no inner self either, but if ever they start thinking they do they will become deluded like us, and hence conscious like us. And that day is surely not far off. We humans can sometimes wake up from our delusion, through intellectual insight or through practices like meditation. Maybe future computers will teach us a thing or two about waking up from illusion. Bristol, UK (New Scientist, August 9, 2003)
[Charge ao lado do texto: um psicanalista sentado numa cadeira, com bloco de anotações, diz num balão "TELL ME ABOUT YOUR EARLY YEARS"; deitado no divã à sua frente está um computador (monitor com cara triste). No chão, uma caixa com a inscrição "COMPUTER REPAIRS".]
Fonte: New Scientist, August 9, 2003.
In her letter to the editor, Susan Blackmore claims that
- A) computers are deluded in the same way human beings are.
- B) building computers with a certain degree of consciousness will be possible in the future.
- C) human consciousness is changing the kind of experiences that flow into an inner self.
- D) human beings are deluded in their belief that they possess an inner self.
- E) computers and humans will develop a new kind of consciousness one day.