Consciousness is not purely computational and is not reducible to brain states alone; rather, it fundamentally involves embodied cognition (including the endocrine system, microbiome, peripheral nervous system, and environmental coupling), quantum mechanical effects that prevent perfect information-theoretic replication, and an autopoetic self-organizing process that is essential to consciousness

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Speaker

Daniel Schottenberger

Evidence Quote

I'm not a strong computationalist meaning don't believe that mind univers sensient qualia is purely a function of computation

Source

The Dark Side of Conscious Ai | Daniel SchmachtenbergerCurt Jaimungal
Created: 8/10/2026, 10:48:51 PM

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