Le 05-nov.-05, à 08:22, Russell Standish a écrit :
> Game of Life is an example 2D system capable of universal
> computation. I'm not sure this implies consciousness is possible in
> 2D, but it needs to be considered.
It is easy, although very tedious, to program a Universal Dovetailer,
in the game of life, and in that sense, assuming comp or some stronger
alpha-comp, it can generate consciousness, at least as seen from
inside. And then it generates the physics too (as seen from inside
again).
Bruno
http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~marchal/
Received on Sat Nov 05 2005 - 08:56:53 PST