Penrose's Gödel Argument: Consciousness Uncomputable, AI Can't Be Conscious?
skdh · x · 2026-08-14
The author comments on Penrose's argument: since humans can understand Gödel's theorem, consciousness is uncomputable and physics incomplete. The author finds it charming but notes few truly understand the theorem. Penrose links quantum measurement to consciousness, so AI as algorithms can't be conscious, but quantum computers might.
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