Is the brain a computer? Physical reservoir computing pokes holes in Turing-simulation argument
cephaloform · x · 2026-10-06
A debate over whether the brain is a computer: xereeto argues any physical process in the brain can be simulated to arbitrary precision by a Turing machine, while cephaloform mocks the "your definition of computer is too vague" reply, noting computers are inherently vague and physical reservoir computing can use any physical process.
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