>but you and I agree we can simulate the same computation a small bundle of neurons can accomplish to a high degree of confidence, right? The important word is

>but you and I agree we can simulate the same computation a small bundle of neurons can accomplish to a high degree of confidence, right? The important word is simulate. It means it can accomplish a common subset of measurable phenomena. It certainly doesn't mean they are on pare on ontological status as a whole. The debate seems to easily confuse notions like living entities, consciousness and intelligence, when they are three orthogonal considerations.