Philosophy for AI Enthusiasts

"The biology of mind bridges the sciences -- concerned with the natural world -- and the humanities -- concerned with the meaning of human experience." Welcome to Part 3 of this new series exploring artificial general intelligence (AGI). If you missed Part 1 or Part 2, check them out; part 1 covers what AGI is, and part 2 is a brief overview of cognitive science for AI folk. This week we will introduce important concepts in philosophy of mind that I think every computer scientist, AI/ML researcher, or AGI enthusiast should know. The concept of minds--their nature, their implementation, their applications, etc.--are of huge interests to AGI researchers, and even anyone remotely interested in AI; arguably, this is the entire job of an AI/AGI researcher: creating artificial minds (some are just more narrow then others).