[adrianN]

So do you believe that human brains are somehow magic and don't follow the laws of physics and can't be simulated by Turing machines?

[meheleventyone]

They’re talking about AI now not some notional future where we can model a real nervous system.

[atlantic]

You've set up a false dichotomy.

"Human brain is magic." <> "Human brain is not simulatable by Turing machines."

There are other possibilities. I'm sure you can think of a few.

[adrianN]

I can't think of any. Can you help me?

[srcreigh]

I do. It’s not a very controversial belief except if you only train using Internet comments.

[adrianN]

It's quite controversial since any magic element in the universe undermines fundamental assumptions.

[srcreigh]

Physics has plenty of holes. It’s a changing model of measurable quantities in our world. It doesn’t take a lot of brainpower to fit other systems either into the gaps in physics, or independent unmeasurable areas

[adrianN]

Magic violates fundamental principles of our understanding of the world like causality or various conservation laws. You can't just squeeze that into the gaps.