Grady Booch says the mind is computable, and sentience is still barely understood
Grady_Booch · x · 2026-07-23
Grady Booch argues that his current understanding leads him to conclude that the mind is computable.
He frames the idea with a Carl Sagan quote about humanity only having explored the “shore of the cosmic ocean,” and suggests our knowledge of organic sentience is still at the ankle-deep stage. The post is essentially a philosophical take that machine computation may ultimately explain mind and sentience, even if we are only beginning to map the mechanism.
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