Haha my first thought was “I wonder if it’s possible to build a general purple CPU out of 555 timers, then get DOOM running on that sucker.”
Of course, someone has already taken the first steps towards such a monstrosity.
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AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 5 hours ago
Unless you go for Cartesian dualist theories about immaterial souls, consciousness of the sort we experience is an artefact of the structure of our brains and nervous systems, which are large in scale and complex. A small blob of human-derived brain tissue is not going to have consciousness, let alone self-awareness and a sense of horror at its predicament, any more than a 555 timer is capable of playing DOOM by virtue of being made of silicon.
duncan_bayne@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
Techlos@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 hours ago
If you follow an integrated information theory derivation, consciousness is emergent from integrating and partitioning information, and with no immaterial soul the possible capability of awareness remains, even if not directly comparable to our own.
Give that brain some morphine as a treat to be on the safe side, most brains find that one relaxing.
moonshadow@slrpnk.net 1 hour ago
Best take here. When not otherwise engaged by an experiment, show that lil glob the best time it’s capable of experiencing
EtherWhack@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
If you were to think of each of us as a bank of servers, that would be the equivalence of a nightlight with a light sensor
pancake@lemmygrad.ml 3 hours ago
I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that someone has hacked a single 555 all the way into playing Doom…
interdimensional_sharts@lemmy.world 17 minutes ago
At what point do brain cells develop the complexity for consciousness? Is there a specific number of brain cells which produces self-awareness?
I have a difficult time believing that consciousness is some artifact that arises from material “complexity and structure”, and tend towards the nondual view of reality.
But that is just my opinion, and what makes consciousness such a fascinating subject imo.