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/Scott Aaronson's blog on his debate with Roger Penrose is probably of
interest to the list:/
“Can computers become conscious?”: My reply to Roger Penrose//
//June 2nd, 2016//
//A few weeks ago, I attended the Seven Pines Symposium on Fundamental
Problems in Physics outside Minneapolis, where I had the honor of
participating in a panel discussion with Sir Roger Penrose. The way it
worked was, Penrose spoke for a half hour about his ideas about
consciousness (Gödel, quantum gravity, microtubules, uncomputability,
you know the drill), then I delivered a half-hour “response,” and then
there was an hour of questions and discussion from the floor. Below,
I’m sharing the prepared notes for my talk, as well as some very brief
recollections about the discussion afterward. (Sorry, there’s no audio
or video.) I unfortunately don’t have the text or transparencies for
Penrose’s talk available to me, but—with one exception, which I touch on
in my own talk—his talk very much followed the outlines of his famous
books, The Emperor’s New Mind and Shadows of the Mind.
/Read the rest at http://www.scottaaronson.com/blog//
/Brent/
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