Physicalists and digital consciousness: why computation substrate shouldn't matter
jessi_cata · x · 2026-09-28
In a debate over whether digital minds can be conscious, the author pushes back on the claim that rigorous physics-based reasoning rules out digital consciousness, citing physicalists like Dan Dennett, Katalin Balog, Keith Frankish, and Ned Block, and arguing belief in digital consciousness is actually positively correlated with physicalism.
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