X Users Debate Whether CDT+GT Fails Without Substrate Consciousness

A philosophical debate on X argues that CDT+GT decision theory is incomplete in Newcomb-style problems: if Omega simulates an agent on a substrate the agent believes is unconscious, denying computational functionalism can lead to suboptimal decisions.

2026-10-09 ~ 2026-10-09 · 4 related posts

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• Debate: under computational functionalism, an 'unconscious substrate' could still be conscious — UnderwaterBepis · 2026-10-09

1 near-duplicate retellings: jessi_cata