Your # 2 sounds like an argument not-infrequently made by proponents of computationalism, which is quite a commonly-held position here on LessWrong. Not sure if it exactly matches but you might enjoy their positions in any case.
Your # 2 sounds like an argument not-infrequently made by proponents of computationalism, which is quite a commonly-held position here on LessWrong. Not sure if it exactly matches but you might enjoy their positions in any case.