> - basic conscious experiences such as pleasure and pain might not require much species-level intelligence at all
Agreed, I find it even hard to distinguish between a PID-loop and a pain avoiding living thing. If it has no ability to reflect on it's own circumstances at all. There are probably interesting steps between a PID-loop and meta-cognition that philosophers have words for I don't know.
Agreed, I find it even hard to distinguish between a PID-loop and a pain avoiding living thing. If it has no ability to reflect on it's own circumstances at all. There are probably interesting steps between a PID-loop and meta-cognition that philosophers have words for I don't know.