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Can't this argument be pretty easily countered with quantum mechanics and randomness induced by it? I'm no physicist but if you have a quantum random source of
by rowanG077 5y ago
Can't this argument be pretty easily countered with quantum mechanics and randomness induced by it? I'm no physicist but if you have a quantum random source of bits the computer and the person would not reach the same answer. It could then be argued consciousness arises from the quantum nature of the universe.
- tsimionescu 5y agoBy the same token, if you have a quantum random source of bits two identical computers running the same computation but using that source as part of the input will not always reach the same answer. Does that prove that they are running different computations? Does your CPU become conscious when a cosmic ray interacts with its RAM (a rare but far from unheard of occurence of quantum noise affecting all computers on Earth, much more common for computers outside the atmosphere).