David Chalmers Thinks We May Be Living in a Simulation (and He’s OK With It)
The Next Big Idea
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Is Consciousness Substrate Dependent?
Is it possible to generate consciousness emerge on say silicon chips? Is there something about the nature of human biology that is unique and cannot be replicated, let's say, on silicon chips? Antonio DiMazio has this view that central to the emergence of consciousness, what preceded the emerged of consciousness was feelings. So I've come around to the idea that maybe consciousness is not substrate dependent. But this is one of the questions that potentially would prevent full emergence of consciousness and simulations.
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