You can find out some aggregate property of the output of functions that have equivalent output to a million conscious beings. It is far from obvious that this is equivalent to there actually being a million conscious beings, or even one conscious being.
Also, equivalence of one output is definitely not the same thing as equivalence of consciousness, as even a moment’s thought will show.
You can find out some aggregate property of the output of functions that have equivalent output to a million conscious beings. It is far from obvious that this is equivalent to there actually being a million conscious beings, or even one conscious being.
Also, equivalence of one output is definitely not the same thing as equivalence of consciousness, as even a moment’s thought will show.