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If this is conscious then every computer in the world is conscious
Every computer on earth isn’t made out of human brain cells. We don’t know that computers can be sentient, we know for a fact that human brains are
The fact that these are human nerve cells really feels unimportant, pretty much any collection has the potential for consciousness.
Again, we know for a fact human brain cells can form sentient consciousness. This has never been demonstrated with computers. There is a fundamental difference, even if you don’t understand why
Oh sorry I meant any collection of nerves. While I do consider sentience to be possible with any arbitrary substrate, I was referring to the fact that loads of other animals are clearly aware and can suffer. That was poor communication on my part.
brain cells are not just conductive matter. They are super fucking complex. IE there are theories of consciousness based on the idea that there are things going on at a quantum level around brain cells. Each cell is like it’s own entire little machine.
There are a hundred theories of consciousness...