Neuroscientists Debate Whether Classic Brain Models Miss Consciousness-Linked Features

Neuroscientists are debating Philip Goff's argument that the classic axon-synapse-dendrite model oversimplifies the brain, potentially omitting large-scale dynamics relevant to consciousness. Goff suggests replicating this in AI would require new hardware rather than new code.

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