What makes you think qualia aren’t necessarily bound to algorithms?
What makes you think that ‘qualia’ are a meaningful concept?
I have never come across anyone who could present a coherent and intelligible definition for the word that didn’t automatically render the referent non-existent.
Before we try to answer the question, we need to establish that the question is a valid one. ‘How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?’ is not one of the great mysteries, because the question is only meaningful in a context of specific, unjustifiable beliefs. Eliminate those beliefs and there’s no more question.
I have never come across anyone who could present a coherent and intelligible definition for the word that didn’t automatically render the referent non-existent.
Before we try to answer the question, we need to establish that the question is a valid one. ‘How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?’ is not one of the great mysteries, because the question is only meaningful in a context of specific, unjustifiable beliefs. Eliminate those beliefs and there’s no more question.