you didn't read the part in the abstract where it says " - qua computation - ". This author is trotting out the same old reflex that a computer (any computer, w

you didn't read the part in the abstract where it says " - qua computation - ". This author is trotting out the same old reflex that a computer (any computer, with any algorithm) can never "understand" something because it's "not conscious" because it's "not alive". It absolutely is philosophically equivalent to positing a spirit, because when you start drilling down into what's different between a brain and a (general) computer.. that's all you'll have left.