Digital vs analogue: why the brain-AI consciousness debate ignores simulation equivalence
tim_tyler · x · 2026-09-06
Roger Highfield (Science Museum) notes with Anil Seth that the digital-vs-analogue angle gets surprisingly little attention in debates on brains, AI and consciousness. Tim Tyler counters that analogue systems can simulate digital ones — and vice versa — to arbitrary precision, so the distinction may not matter fundamentally.
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