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I think he does here, which is interesting. It is a little unclear because he keeps coming back to AI (and the interviewer is a douche) but he does seem to articulate that intelligence means consciousness which means something non-algorithmic.

I’m not even sure I have my copy of New Mind anymore but I want to go back and check my understanding of what he was arguing back in 2004 or whenever it was.

Eta: I feel like a doofus on a number of fronts. It was 1989, and right there in the wikipedia summary…

Penrose argues that human consciousness is non-algorithmic, and thus is not capable of being modeled by a conventional Turing machine, which includes a digital computer. Penrose hypothesizes that quantum mechanics plays an essential role in the understanding of human consciousness. The collapse of the quantum wavefunction is seen as playing an important role in brain function

So here is where I admit that Penrose is with it and I am going senile.

I think he does here, which is interesting. It is a little unclear because he keeps coming back to AI (and the interviewer is a douche) but he does seem to articulate that intelligence means consciousness which means something non-algorithmic.

I’m not even sure I have my copy ofNew Mind anymore but I want to back and check my understanding of what he was arguing back in 2004 or whenever it was.

Eta: I feel like a doofus on a number of fronts. It was 1989, and right there in the wikipedia summary…

Penrose argues that human consciousness is non-algorithmic, and thus is not capable of being modeled by a conventional Turing machine, which includes a digital computer. Penrose hypothesizes that quantum mechanics plays an essential role in the understanding of human consciousness. The collapse of the quantum wavefunction is seen as playing an important role in brain function

So here is where I admit that Penrose is with it and I am going senile.

I think he does here, which is interesting. It is a little unclear because he keeps coming back to AI (and the interviewer is a douche) but he does seem to articulate that intelligence means consciousness which means something non-algorithmic.

I’m not even sure I have my copy ofNew Mind anymore but I want to back and check my understanding of what he was arguing back in 2004 or whenever it was.

Eta: I feel like a doofus on a number of fronts. It was 1989, and right there in the wikipedia summary…

Penrose argues that human consciousness is non-algorithmic, and thus is not capable of being modeled by a conventional Turing machine, which includes a digital computer. Penrose hypothesizes that quantum mechanics plays an essential role in the understanding of human consciousness. The collapse of the quantum wavefunction is seen as playing an important role in brain function

So here is where I admit that Penrose is with it and I am going senile.

I think he does here, which is interesting. It is a little unclear because he keeps coming back to AI (and the interviewer is a douche) but he does seem to articulate that intelligence means consciousness which means something non-algorithmic.

I’m not even sure I have my copy ofNew Mind anymore but I want to back and check my understanding of what he was arguing back in 2004 or whenever it was.

I think he does here, which is interesting. It is a little unclear because he keeps coming back to AI (and the interviewer is a douche) but he does seem to articulate that intelligence means consciousness which means something non-algorithmic.

I’m not even sure I have my copy ofNew Mind anymore but I want to back and check my understanding of what he was arguing back in 2004 or whenever it was.