Rethinking Human and Machine Intelligence through Kant’s Incongruent Counterparts

Jae Jeong Lee

doi:10.20944/preprints202310.0876.v3

Preprint Article Version 3 Preserved in Portico This version is not peer-reviewed

Version 1 : Received: 13 October 2023 / Approved: 13 October 2023 / Online: 13 October 2023 (11:37:25 CEST)
Version 2 : Received: 26 October 2023 / Approved: 26 October 2023 / Online: 26 October 2023 (11:30:49 CEST)
Version 3 : Received: 5 December 2023 / Approved: 6 December 2023 / Online: 6 December 2023 (09:20:28 CET)
Version 4 : Received: 4 July 2024 / Approved: 4 July 2024 / Online: 5 July 2024 (02:49:50 CEST)

This paper proposes a metaphysical framework for distinguishing between human and machine intelligence. By drawing an analogy from Kant’s incongruent counterparts, it posits two identical deterministic worlds -- one comprising a human agent and the other comprising a machine agent. These agents exhibit different types of information processing mechanisms despite their apparent sameness in a causal sense. By postulating the distinctiveness of human over machine intelligence, this paper resolves what it refers to as “the vantage point problem” – namely, how to legitimize a determinist’s assertion of determinism by placing the determinist within the universe.

determinism; incongruent counterparts; simulation; state description; counterfactuals

Arts and Humanities, Philosophy

Comment 1

Received: 6 December 2023
Commenter: Jae Lee
Commenter's Conflict of Interests: Author

Comment: The 'vantage point problem' stated in the abstract and introduction has been further clarified. Additionally, I excluded the application of Gödel's proof strategy for his incompleteness theorem from the paper. Accordingly, I had to change the title as well. The existing term 'metaphysically open deterministic world' has been changed to 'deterministic world' for simplicity. Furthermore, I have cited two new thinkers, Piccinini and Zizek, to support my arguments.

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