[ExI] More thoughts on sentient computers

[Giovanni Santostasi]

Dave, I used the brain "is" as just a way of saying what the brain does, it
was just a shorthand for brain function or activity.
Not sure why we are hung on this pedantic analysis of the grammar of my
sentence.
Giovanni

On Wed, Feb 22, 2023 at 6:41 PM Dave S via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> 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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