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Re:Electrons May Well Be Conscious by kaffeemitsahne on Monday May 18, 2020 @10:02AM (#23222409)
Last I heard, integrated information theory is _not_ neutral w.r.t. substrate, i.e. to compute the consciousness of a human being simulated on a computer chip, Tononi wants us to apply the IIT calculations to the computer chip.
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Re:Electrons May Well Be Conscious by youareostriches on Monday May 18, 2020 @01:18PM (#23225334)
Oh, certainly the processes occurring on the chip itself could bring about an entirely separate consciousness while at the same time simulating a human one on a different level.
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