(January 29, 2015 at 12:43 am)GalacticBusDriver Wrote:(January 29, 2015 at 12:32 am)FallentoReason Wrote: I don't think that will ever be possible. Subjective experience can't be programmed, because if it can be traced back to a source (the cogs if you will) then it's an objective triviality.
I think a sufficiently complex computer could be used to accurately map and model the human mind, even a specific person/personality. After all, it's all just electro-chemical reactions. Our current digital computers won't be able to manage it, but quantum computing...
Sure, a computer could model the logical processes and such. I don't think that it could model e.g. the sensation of hunger, or an appreciation for Bach's music. These things aren't processes. They're experience-based.
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it" ~ Aristotle
