[MD] MOQ would seems to imply that above human intelligence computers

[Ian Glendinning]

That Craig is the Hofstader "brain in a vat" thought experiment -
gradually replacing extended nervous system components with devices of
various kinds.

Assuming it keeps "functioning" - why would you assume consciousness
to be lost ?
The point of that thought experiment incidentally is to keep asking
"where am I ?" ... when does my brain stop being "I" ?

Regards
Ian

On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 9:04 AM,  <craigerb at comcast.net> wrote:
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> Suppose we create an electronic device that functions like a brain cell.
> Like a brain cell, it takes input, is altered & produces the appropriate output.
> Such a device could replace a brain cell.  (Though perhaps it couldn't reproduce
> or repair itself.)  If enough of these devices replaced brain cells, must there
> be a point at which consciousness is lost?
> Craig
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