I strongly disagree with “computation is a lossy high-level description”. For what we’re talking about, I think computation is a lossless description. I believe the thing we are calling ‘qualia’ is equivalent to a python function written on a computer. It is not a ‘real’ function on the computer it is written on, but a ‘zombie’ function when run on a different computer. If the computation is exactly the same, the underlying physical process that produced it is irrelevant. It is the same function.
Computation in general is a lossy high level description, but not invariably.
For what we’re talking about, I think computation is a lossless description.
And what we are talking about is the computational theory of consciousness
If the computational theory of consciousness is correct, then computation is a lossless description.
But that doesn’t prove anything relevant, because it doesn’t show that computational theory is actually or necessarily correct. It is possibly wrong , so computational zombies are still possible.
I believe the thing we are calling ‘qualia’ is equivalent to a python function written on a computer
I strongly disagree with “computation is a lossy high-level description”. For what we’re talking about, I think computation is a lossless description. I believe the thing we are calling ‘qualia’ is equivalent to a python function written on a computer. It is not a ‘real’ function on the computer it is written on, but a ‘zombie’ function when run on a different computer. If the computation is exactly the same, the underlying physical process that produced it is irrelevant. It is the same function.
Computation in general is a lossy high level description, but not invariably.
And what we are talking about is the computational theory of consciousness
If the computational theory of consciousness is correct, then computation is a lossless description.
But that doesn’t prove anything relevant, because it doesn’t show that computational theory is actually or necessarily correct. It is possibly wrong , so computational zombies are still possible.
Can you state the function?