> If they never woke up to tell anyone about it (or died before they had the chance to wake up) would they not have been conscious?
This is an edge case where one could say the person was (or might have been) conscious but nobody else ever got the chance to find out. In any concept like this we should expect edge cases.
> who determines what inputs/outputs qualify as semantic?
The function of the inputs/outputs in the overall function of the entity and how it relates to the rest of the world.
This is an edge case where one could say the person was (or might have been) conscious but nobody else ever got the chance to find out. In any concept like this we should expect edge cases.
> who determines what inputs/outputs qualify as semantic?
The function of the inputs/outputs in the overall function of the entity and how it relates to the rest of the world.