“Think” is still a word that I think just isn’t well defined enough to have a productive disagreement about. But, the computers-are-mechanistic objection is one that really shouldn’t be able to stand up to more than a few seconds’ scrutiny. After all, how can something made of atoms think? All atoms can do is be acted upon by electromagnetic, gravitational, and nuclear forces, and passively produce the same, with unchanging mathematical precision.
“Think” is still a word that I think just isn’t well defined enough to have a productive disagreement about. But, the computers-are-mechanistic objection is one that really shouldn’t be able to stand up to more than a few seconds’ scrutiny. After all, how can something made of atoms think? All atoms can do is be acted upon by electromagnetic, gravitational, and nuclear forces, and passively produce the same, with unchanging mathematical precision.