Antonio Damasio, one of the leaders in the investigation of what makes humans conscious, certainly thinks that's what will prove out.
And, because of the number of connections each individual neuron
has, that could mean that consciousness for a computer or robot may be
quite some ways off, still.
Back to futurist dreamland for Ray Kurzweil, Michio Kaku and others, in that case.
Even if Damasio isn't totally on the right trail, I think he's
headed in the right direction. Now, what led to the precursor of
consciousness to "emerge" at some level of animal life? How much brain
complexity was needed? Is neuronal number per body weight, or neuronal
connections per body weight, a power law situation?
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