[ExI] More thoughts on sentient computers

[Dave S]

On Wednesday, February 22nd, 2023 at 7:09 PM, Giovanni Santostasi via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> Giovanni: Our brain is a simulation, not sure why it is not understood by most people.
> Dave: I don't think it's true. Our brains are biological organs. I don't understand what you think they're simulations of.
> It is a simulation of the "real world".

No, brains aren't a simulation of the world. What you're trying to say is that brains contain a representation of the world.

> When we process information about sensory inputs we have in our brain routines that interpret what the signals mean, this is done in a hierarchical way. From simple components of the sensory information all the way to naming the object in our head, associating it with similar experiences we had in the past and so on. For example, let's say you see a red box. You are really not "seeing" the box but simulating it in your head (maybe simulating is not the best word but close enough).

It's not close enough, though, because it resulted in this misunderstanding.

-Dave