Digital Sentience Requires Solving the Boundary Problem

Digital computers will remain unconscious until they recruit physical fields for holistic computing using well-defined topological boundaries.

Digital Sentience Requires Solving the Boundary Problem Digital Sentience Requires Solving the Boundary Problem Digital computers will remain unconscious until they recruit physical fields for holistic computing using well-defined topological boundaries. Andrés Gómez-Emilsson ../people/andrés-gómez-emilsson (Qualia Research Institute) https://www.qri.org/ Jun, 20 2022 What do we desire for a theory of consciousness ? We want it to explain why and how the structure of our experience is computationally relevant. Why would nature bother to wire, not only information per se, but our experiences in

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