On 8/2/2019 10:42 AM, Jason Resch wrote:
Do you agree that:
1. There are 2^10,000 possible results from reading the 10,000 qubits?
2. The execution of the neural net on the quantum computer processes
each of these 2^10,000 possible images?
3. Before reading the output register, those output bits are in a
superposition of every possible word the neural net is trained to
identify?
Yes, but the possible words the neural net is trained to identify is
more like 2^10.
4. If "protoconsciousness" can be ascribed to this neural net, then
this consciousness perceived each of the 2^10,000 possible images?
Just consider the same problem given to a classical computer as 1e4
bits. Then it easily can return 2^1e4 different words/images it
recognizes. Did it "perceive" each of them?
That's an example of my critique of Bruno's idea that by finding some
computational analogy to a feature of consciousness, we have shown that
the computation realizes consciousness. Consciousness is a lot more
than just distinguishing images or proving meta-theorems.
Brent
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