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My point is that if a machine can "create" consciousness through computation, but computation itself doesn't make the result any more real, then didn't the crea
by marcoperaza 10y ago
My point is that if a machine can "create" consciousness through computation, but computation itself doesn't make the result any more real, then didn't the created consciousness exist all along?
- russdill 10y agoRight, which is what I'm saying. It wouldn't make sense otherwise. It would mean that the result of the computation didn't depend on consciousness in the first place.
- monort 10y agoThat is the idea of mathematical universe of Tegmark: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical_universe_hypothesis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical_universe_hypothes...