[ExI] More thoughts on sentient computers

[Dave S]

On Wednesday, February 22nd, 2023 at 9:15 PM, Giovanni Santostasi via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> Dave: No, brains aren't a simulation of the world. What you're trying to say is that brains contain a representation of the world.
> Giovanni: that representation of the world and how it is used by the brain is exactly a simulation.

You can say that the brain simulates the world, but that's not the same thing as saying the brain is​ a simulation. The brain is the CPU, and the world model/simulation is one program it runs. But it runs other programs that allow people to think, solve problems, etc.

> If you are implying that there are "real" sensations and reactions in our biology to the sensory inputs we receive that can be replicated by non-carbon based substrata, what is the big deal about being biological?

I'm not implying that, assuming you mean "can NOT be replicated".

-Dave
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