Weak computationalism: all models must be computational Strong c.: things are computational Cognitive c.: the mind is computational Universal c.: everything is computational Digital computation: mappings between [finite] ints Quantum c.: between complex Hyper c.: more than int
How would you test that the operator is doing more than computation? You obviously cannot deconstruct the operator's mechanism, so you would have to check its performance on an uncomputable task. How could you know that it yields the correct result?
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You wouldn't be able to "check it's performance". You don't have the concepts. Just like a rat cannot understand mazes with prime number turns, yet prime numbers are a concept that yields to certain cognitive capacities. It's possible qualia is like this for humans, e.g.
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I have a very good concept of the halting problem.
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