Digital computers cannot be conscious fr fr.
It's not a social move, contrarian roleplaying, or something I say to irritate anyone.
It's true - it's actually what is the case - and it's an inescapable conclusion once you deeply understand the binding problem and its solutions.
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Hey Blake - Andres can talk about this stuff in really good faith. His work around digital sentience and the binding problem lead me to believe what he's saying here, in case ur up for some discussion!
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Sure. Let's start with the assumption that humans aren't functionally equivalent to digital computers. What's the basis for that assumption?
My academic background is in computational neuroscience. Why couldn't a computer, in principle, accurately simulate the human brain?
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If we are going to discuss comparisons between a human mind and a computer and use terms like "accurately simulate," I'd like to know how we're defining "accurately" in this respect. Does accurately mean perfectly or "close enough to be imperceptible."