> To think that with enough compute we can code consciousness is like thinking that with enough rainbows one of them will have a pot of gold at its end.

What does consciousness have to do with AGI or the point(s) the article is trying to make? This is a distraction imo.

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kmnc 5 hours ago | parent [-]

It’s a funny anology because what’s missing for the rainbows with pots of gold is magic and fairytales…so what’s missing for consciousness is also magic and fairytales? I’ve yet to see any compelling argument for believing enough computer wouldn’t allow us to code consciousness.

	▲	apsurd 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Yes that's just it though, it's a logic argument. "Tell me why we aren't just stochastic parrots!" is more logically sound than "God made us", but that doesn't defacto make it "The correct model of reality". I am suspect that the world is modeled linearly. That physical reality is non-linear is also more logically sound, so why is there such a clear straight line from compute to consciousness?