Consciousness qua Mortal Computation
arXiv Preprint Archive March 6, 2024 preprint
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper |
|---|---|
| Keywords | Q-bio.nc Cs.ai Consciousness awareness Sentience Cognition Artificial intelligence ai Machine learning Neuroscience neurobiology Brain science Computation information processing Data processing |
| Key points | Argues that computational functionalism implies consciousness is a mortal computation, not a Turing computation. |
Abstract
Computational functionalism posits that consciousness is a computation. Here we show, perhaps surprisingly, that it cannot be a Turing computation. Rather, computational functionalism implies that consciousness is a novel type of computation that has recently been proposed by Geoffrey Hinton, called mortal computation.