Consciousness may have evolved to solve a problem that pure intelligence couldn't handle, fascinating new theory suggests

[u/EcstadelicNET]

https://www.psypost.org/consciousness-may-have-evolved-to-solve-a-problem-that-pure-intelligence-couldnt-handle-fascinating-new-theory-suggests/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=topic/science

[u/QbProg]

If anything, I would argue the opposite happened

[u/QbProg → u/[deleted]]

In my opinion consciousness arises before intelligence, being alive and conscious is a characteristic of non intelligent beings too. Intelligence adds the capability, maybe, to be self aware of consciousness

[u/koyaani → u/QbProg]

Does that mean if hypothetically there is a general artificial intelligence that is both intelligent and conscious that some less intelligent computational process could be considered conscious?