On Fri, May 10, 2019 at 9:36 AM Jason Resch <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Thu, May 9, 2019 at 3:09 PM 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Would it make a difference if they compute the same function? >> > > Not from the perspective of the function. If the computation is truly the > same, there is no way the software can determine it's hardware. > > >> If so then you might as well say it would make a difference if they were >> run on different hardware. >> > > From the outside it might seem different. E.g. instead of silicon some > other element, foreign to the chemistry of this universe, might make for a > more appropriate substrate. > But the computations that comprise a conscious mind also, ipso facto, comprise the whole universe. So if the computations are the same, the conscious, AND THE UNIVERSE in which it resides, are the same. There can, therefore, be no "outside" from which the consciousnesses and universes are different. Remember, consciousness is the sum over all computation that pass through that particular conscious state, so in this theory your AI, be it in silicon or the Game of Life, cannot be conscious, because it is a single computation. Bruce -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAFxXSLTzd5TZk6kXKpm6FY34WtMtbo8f1zAC5X5fgBygm07tLA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
