Yet unless one denies consciousness altogether, we do ascribe consciousness to (a large number of) neurons (each with their basic functionality), why not to a large number of capacitators (on which a database is stored)?
The problem is this argument applies equally well to “why not consider rocks (which, like brains, are made of a large number of atoms) conscious”. Simply noting that they’re made of simple parts leaves high level structure unexamined.
The problem is this argument applies equally well to “why not consider rocks (which, like brains, are made of a large number of atoms) conscious”. Simply noting that they’re made of simple parts leaves high level structure unexamined.