Consciousness qua Mortal 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.
Consciousness qua Mortal Computation Johannes Kleiner1,2,3,4 1 Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München 2 Graduate School of Systemic Neurosciences, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München 3…
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