> So that’d mean if we arranged a bunch of stones on a large field in a certain pattern and then used some fancy (but deterministic) rules to move them around,

> So that’d mean if we arranged a bunch of stones on a large field in a certain pattern and then used some fancy (but deterministic) rules to move them around, we’d create consciousness?! I can’t really believe that’s true. Illustration: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/505:_A_Bunch_of_Rocks https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/505:_A_Bunch_of_R...