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Consciousness is very interesting because if you postulate that you can't possibly create it by running a Turing machine, then anything that is simulatable can'
by foobarian 11mo ago
Consciousness is very interesting because if you postulate that you can't possibly create it by running a Turing machine, then anything that is simulatable can't be the mechanism behind it. Which would raise the followup question, what is? My money is on some quantum effect.
- tucnak 11mo agoOr rather that the whole premise is wrong? I say, take Wittgensteinian stance on the matter, and who cares it's been 50 years.
- tim333 11mo agoYou can produce some rich audio and visual effects in the form of music and movies that can be played on the turing machine that is a laptop. I think it's possible that consciousness is along those lines.