Entity predictions
Raises question marks over a position given the types of entity to which it would assign consciousness (although such claims should be caveated by the limitations of our intuitions about what is conscious and risks of begging the question).
4 challenging
Challenging Arguments (4)
Chinese Room Argument
A system can perfectly mimic understanding without being conscious.
Intentionality, Substrate, Entity predictions, Targets digital CF
US Economy Argument
Under CF, any sufficiently complex system, like an economy, could be conscious, however abstract.
Identity, Epiphenomenalism, Entity predictions, Targets functionalism
Leibniz's Mill / Chinese Nation
If a conscious machine were huge, you would only see its parts, not a mind.
Epiphenomenalism, Substrate, Entity predictions, Targets all CF
Pen & Paper Argument
CF says you could create a conscious experience by manually computing an algorithm on paper over thousands of years.
Substrate, Epiphenomenalism, Entity predictions, Computational, Targets digital CF