On Sun, 15 Sep 2019 at 05:24, Philip Thrift <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > I really couldn't follow this paper - many worlds (of QM) vs. multiverse > (of cosmology) seemed all mixed up. > The author essentially disagrees with the idea that a person can be copied, whatever the mechanism. 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 > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/619b7e80-ed98-40f5-bc36-3e99dd53e8b6%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Stathis Papaioannou -- 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/CAH%3D2ypWGYYwWhycTQmyiVkqVzrvuh0FOCu8dxSPpF0KyLzfxEw%40mail.gmail.com.
