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Tyler Mills started a discussion titled ‘Can qualia be separated from personhood? ’. The discussion starts with idea #4736.
Can a program which is not a person constitute an experience?
Imagine you are in a pitch black room. Before your eyes, a spotlight illuminates an apple for 5 seconds before darkness returns. Among other things, your mind will render the image of the apple for the 5 seconds, then it will not (afterimages aside). Assume the physical stimulus is identical for the whole 5 seconds.
Itemized discussion below.
(1) During the entire 5 seconds, your mind renders the image of the apple.