On 3/14/2018 6:33 AM, Lawrence Crowell wrote:
It is not about believing anything. Our brains operate not just as switching systems of neurons, but neurons are themselves biological. The real computer analogue I think extends down to the molecular level, where kinase and other actions are similar to computer chip logic. I think it is a very extreme proposition to advance the idea that emulating a brain on silicon or similar solid state physics systems will conserve consciousness.
But we're pretty sure we can implement /intelligence/ on silicon; even super-human intelligence. So then the implication is that there can be a being that we can interact with who seems to have human level intelligence and emotion but who is a zombie (i.e. has no inner consciousness). That then calls into question whether other humans have and inner consciousness.
I can very well imagine this could emulate the brain activity of a person, but I think it is a bit much to voluntarily agree to death so your brain can be uploaded in a machine. I suspect consciousness involves some sort of uncomputable Godel type of number.
What would allow it to be computed by the brain? Do you think the brain could not be emulated down to, or even below the molecular level?
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