CGSC 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Iceberg, Multiple Drafts Model, Chinese Room
16 Dec 2017
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Cgsc 1001 mysteries of the mind jim davies fall 2017. Conscious of something: awareness of an oncoming car, we are aware of much less than we think. Conscious of self: descartes"s i think therefore i am , awareness of what is doing the action or having the experience. As we get better at things, they become easier to do, and faster, and we can think about other things while we do them. We become less conscious of the activity. It gets so fast that making yourself conscious of it will mess up performance. Perhaps babies are more conscious than we are, because they are habituated to nothing. Much of what the brain/mind does is not available to consciousness, or does not require consciousness. It is like an iceberg only a small part of the mind is available to reflect on or control. Ai has the potential to do all kinds of stuff without consciousness.
