By “sentience” I mean something having qualia. It’s well-defined. It’s just impossible to test for.
This should already set off alarm bells. But even if you are unpacking sentience the way you are doing, what makes you think that intelligence is at all connected to the amount of qualia?
By “sentience” I mean something having qualia. It’s well-defined. It’s just impossible to test for.
Well, not quite impossible. The Doomsday Argument gives some evidence. But that’s pretty limited.
This should already set off alarm bells. But even if you are unpacking sentience the way you are doing, what makes you think that intelligence is at all connected to the amount of qualia?
Ahh. Qualia.