The Abstraction Fallacy: Why AI can simulate but not instantiate consciousness
Computational functionalism posits that subjective experience arises solely from abstract causal topology, independent of the physical substrate. The Abstraction Fallacy critiques this view, asserting it misrepresents the relationship between physics and information.
deepmind.google
1 min
4/29/2026
The Abstraction Fallacy: Why AI can simulate but not instantiate consciousness
Computational functionalism posits that subjective experience arises solely from abstract causal topology, independent of the physical substrate. The Abstraction Fallacy critiques this view, asserting it misrepresents the relationship between physics and information.
deepmind.google
1 min
4/29/2026
The Abstraction Fallacy: Why AI can simulate but not instantiate consciousness
Computational functionalism posits that subjective experience arises solely from abstract causal topology, independent of the physical substrate. The Abstraction Fallacy critiques this view, asserting it misrepresents the relationship between physics and information.
deepmind.google
1 min
4/29/2026
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