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#quantum-theory
Beyond Zero and One (Andrew Smart)
Is the brain computable?
One fundamental problem is that we do not understand human consciousness. Many in science and artificial intelligence assume that human consciousness is based on information or computations. Several writers have tried to tackle this assumption, most notably the British…
Gödel and the limits of AI
Roger Penrose argues that because humans can grasp Gödel’s theory, the mind is not a formal logical system. He argues that the source of our intuitions and consciousness must come from a new kind of quantum physics. Leonid Perlovsky says that within AI the consequences of…
Do They Think You're Stupid? (julian Baggini)
Quantum consciousness: a lot of speculation and dubious analogy
There is, for instance, a lot of talk about ‘quantum consciousness’: explaining consciousness by the use of quantum theory. There is some serious research here and Roger Penrose, for example, has argued that he believes the solution to the problem of consciousness will come…
Introducing Artificial Intelligence (Henry Brighton and Howard Selina)
Quantum gravity and the conscious mind
If human thought comprises non-computational processes, then how is the brain supporting these processes? To answer this question, Penrose appeals to physics, and claims that the theory of quantum gravity is likely to be the kind of physics required to explain a conscious mind.
Microtubules as the seat of consciousness
The idea that quantum gravity may prove important to our understanding of consciousness predates Penrose, but he has stuck his neck out and specifically proposed that quantum gravity effects in the brain are likely to rely on microtubules – conveyor-belt-like structures inside
The Book: On The Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are
Quantum theory: no intrinsic properties
in accordance with William Blake’s principle that “The fool who persists in his folly will become wise,” the persistent scientist is the first to realize the obsolescence of old models of the world. Open a good, standard textbook on quantum theory: … the world cannot be…