Comment Re:Backlash or opinion drifting towards the scienc (Score 0) 132
Hence there is no mechanism for consciousness. Because consciousness can influence physical reality (we talk about it) even though it is completely unclear as to how that happens. But a deterministic computation always behaves the same, there is no outside influence. Hence it cannot have consciousness.
This looks like mysticism - or, to be charitable, maybe like a reference to the quantum consciousness theory. I'm not convinced this theory is true, but I'm not knowledgeable enough to judge, nor arrogant enough to state my opinions as facts.
Yes, many do include "randomization", that is by PRNG and does only add the appearance of non-determinism
There are many quantum random number generators that use quantum effects to extract non-deterministic streams of random numbers. Some types are a dime a dozen (like the ones based on electronic quantum noise in reverse polarized diodes, for example). It's trivial to integrate non-deterministic quantum random number generators in an AI, so your argument doesn't hold.