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Originally Posted by David Bailey My point is the triple input/P/output is a theorem!! Given deterministic random number generators, the output is fixed just as much as the answer to 22+17 is fixed. Why associate consciousness with the act of merely checking this theorem with an actual computer? |
I still don't get it. The simulator is not a theorem checker. It actually simulates the computation of the outputs from the inputs
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First, I am not alone in this, Roger Penrose thinks brains cannot be simulated on a computer - his famous Godel argument.
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But he is talking about a certain kind of conventional computer. We are talking about one that can simulate the brain in exact detail, including any quantum uncertainty. It's possible that we need to conclude that such a simulation is impossible, but that blows our thought experiment.
~~ Paul