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Does “consciousness” require more than computation?

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One response to “Does “consciousness” require more than computation?”

  1. Yes, of course it does. Consciousness is a property of biological organisms, at least as far as all of our existing science knows. The rest is merely speculation, not science.

    You can computationally simulate photosynthesis, but it won’t produce sugar.

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