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Is the Computer Simulation of Consciousness the Real Thing?
Soyou: A computer simulation of consciousness isn't thereby conscious, but it's a very useful device for studying consciousness. Soyou can use the computer to study how the brain produces consciousness - just as you could with digestion. He believes part of that track can be through virtual mechanisms which do become conscious. The best way to tell whether a system is conscious or not is to look at its 'causal power', he says.