I really couldn't follow this paper - many worlds (of QM) vs. multiverse (of cosmology) seemed all mixed up.
@philipthrift On Friday, September 13, 2019 at 9:45:10 PM UTC-5, Brent wrote: > > This should be of interest to the list: > > Refuting Strong AI: Why Consciousness Cannot Be Algorithmic > Andrew Knight > (Submitted on 11 Jun 2019) > While physicalism requires only that a conscious state depends entirely > on an underlying physical state, it is often assumed that consciousness > is algorithmic and that conscious states can be copied, such as by > copying or digitizing the human brain. In an effort to further elucidate > the physical nature of consciousness, I challenge these assumptions and > attempt to prove the Single Stream of Consciousness Theorem (SSCT): that > a conscious entity cannot experience more than one stream of > consciousness from a given conscious state. Assuming only that > consciousness is a purely physical phenomenon, it is shown that both > Special Relativity and Multiverse theory independently imply SSCT and > that the Many Worlds Interpretation of quantum mechanics is inadequate > to counter it. Then, SSCT is shown to be incompatible with Strong > Artificial Intelligence, implying that consciousness cannot be created > or simulated by a computer. Finally, SSCT is shown to imply that a > conscious state cannot be physically reset to an earlier conscious state > nor can it be duplicated by any physical means. The profound but > counterintuitive implications of these conclusions are briefly discussed. > Subjects: History and Philosophy of Physics (physics.hist-ph); > Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI) > Cite as: arXiv:1906.10177 [physics.hist-ph] > (or arXiv:1906.10177v1 [physics.hist-ph] for this version) > > Brent > > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/619b7e80-ed98-40f5-bc36-3e99dd53e8b6%40googlegroups.com.
