@mattsheffield@mastodon.social
2026-10-21 22:38 UTC
Beyond that, IIT itself is often invoked by advocates of chatbot consciousness like David Chalmers, in support of panpsychist combination and also in support of his computational functionalist views.
Unfortunately, the article does not engage with these other, very popular interpretations of IIT.
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@mattsheffield@mastodon.social 2026-10-21 22:40
This matters because if IIT and naturalistic panpsychism (the idea that "consciousness" is as fundamental as quanta) are presented by chatbot mindedness believers, then invoking IIT cannot be justified to refute them unless the panpsychist interpretation of IIT is disposed of. The authors do not mention any of these other interpretations or Tononi's own rejection of the biological naturalism that is also invoked.