Wet Consciousness and Dry Consciousness
Advances in Human and Social Aspects of Technology 2019 DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-8217-5.ch004 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Key points | Proposes definitions distinguishing "wet consciousness," tied to a living creature's brain, from "dry consciousness," produced by a digital computer, and argues about what consciousness is and its mechanisms. The chapter examines whether dry consciousness could be created, given the presented mechanisms of wet consciousness. |
Abstract
In this chapter, wet consciousness and dry consciousness will be defined. For doing the definitions, it illustrates the differences between wet consciousness and dry consciousness under the understandings at present. Wet consciousness is a living creature brain and dry consciousness is an entity made by a digital computer. Naturally, consciousness itself is also argued on what it is and on its general understanding of mechanisms. And then, it presents about the wet Consciousness mechanisms. In addition, the possibility to create dry consciousness will be studied under these situations.