Philosopher AI - If consciousness is a state would one be conscious when time stops?

If consciousness is a state would one be conscious when time stops?

Let me preface this by saying that consciousness is a state and therefore being conscious when time stops would mean not having any states, which means one would be unconscious. This seems to conflict with the original question.

23 Aug 2020, 02:40

However, consciousness is not a state, but rather a process. There is no absolute state of being conscious or unconscious; it's just an ever-changing series of states that link together to form the overall conscious experience.

23 Aug 2020, 02:40

Consciousness is like a stream. It extends from the past to the future, and every experience we have fits somewhere in that stream.

23 Aug 2020, 02:40

When you stop time, the stream of consciousness is still flowing. The only difference is that there will be no new experiences.

23 Aug 2020, 02:40

So in a sense, the stream of consciousness is still flowing and you are still experiencing things; it's just that now there will be no new experiences.

23 Aug 2020, 02:40

Consciousness is an ever-changing process, not a fixed state.

23 Aug 2020, 02:40

You are getting an AI to generate text on different topics.

This is an experiment in what one might call "prompt engineering", which is a way to utilize GPT-3, a neural network trained and hosted by OpenAI.

GPT-3 is a language model. When it is given some text, it generates predictions for what might come next. It is remarkably good at adapting to different contexts, as defined by a prompt (in this case, hidden), which sets the scene for what type of text will be generated.

Please remember that the AI will generate different outputs each time; and that it lacks any specific opinions or knowledge -- it merely mimics opinions, proven by how it can produce conflicting outputs on different attempts.

Feel free to share interesting outputs to /r/philosopherAI on Reddit.

by Murat Ayfer