Practical CF: A simulation of a human brain on a classical computer, capturing the dynamics of the brain on some coarse-grained level of abstraction, that can run on a computer small and light enough to fit on the surface of Earth, with the simulation running at the same speed as base reality, would cause the conscious experience of that brain.
i.e., the same conscious experience as that brain. I titled this “is the mind a program” rather than “can the mind be approximated by a program”.
Whether or not a simulation can have consciousness at all is a broader discussion I’m saving for later in the sequence, and is relevant to a weaker version of CF.
The statement I’m arguing against is:
i.e., the same conscious experience as that brain. I titled this “is the mind a program” rather than “can the mind be approximated by a program”.
Whether or not a simulation can have consciousness at all is a broader discussion I’m saving for later in the sequence, and is relevant to a weaker version of CF.
I’ll edit to make this more clear.