<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span>Stathis,</span></div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br></div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;"><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;"><div class="y_msg_container" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">> My point was that if [the homunculous problem] is not a problem for the brain </div><div class="y_msg_container"><font size="3">> it is not a problem for a computer that replaces the brain. Whys should it be?</font><br><br><font size="3">Strong AI and uploading on digital computers might be possible if the </font>computational model of
mind (aka computationalism) <font size="3">is a legitimate theory about how the brain/mind works. The homunculous problem is just another reason why I think it is false.</font></div><div class="y_msg_container"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div class="y_msg_container"><font size="3">I think computationalism is no more than wishful thinking. I consider digital computers unconscious mechanical tools for doing calculations. I cannot imagine any mechanical upgrade, or any fancy programming, that would make my digital computer any more than a very useful slide rule.</font></div><div class="y_msg_container"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div class="y_msg_container">-Gordon</div><div class="y_msg_container"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div class="y_msg_container"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div class="y_msg_container"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div class="y_msg_container"><font size="3"><br></font></div> </div> </div>
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