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Re:4-bit calculator made from cardboard and marbles by russdill on Monday November 21, 2016 @04:24PM (#13009340)
The act of doing the computation doesn't change the outcome of the computation. Still doesn't answer the question completely, but in my mind at least the idea that humans would act the same even if they weren't conscious is a non starter.
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Re:4-bit calculator made from cardboard and marbles by wildmusings on Monday November 21, 2016 @05:27PM (#13009811)
My point is that if a machine can "create" consciousness through computation, but computation itself doesn't make the result any more real, then didn't the created consciousness exist all along?
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Re:4-bit calculator made from cardboard and marbles by monort on Tuesday November 22, 2016 @05:06AM (#13013006)
That is the idea of mathematical universe of Tegmark:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical_universe_hypothes...

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Re:4-bit calculator made from cardboard and marbles by russdill on Monday November 21, 2016 @06:01PM (#13010073)
Right, which is what I'm saying. It wouldn't make sense otherwise. It would mean that the result of the computation didn't depend on consciousness in the first place.
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