A little scarey

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@lausten

The processing of neural codes is generally seen as a series of linear steps – like a line of dominoes falling one after another. The brain, however, consists of highly complex neural networks that are interconnected, and which are linked to the outside world to effect action. Focusing on sets of sensory and processing neurons without linking these networks to the behaviour of the animal misses the point of all that processing.

There is nothing in that statement that cannot be replicated artificially.
In non-biological physics, cognition of a difference equation resulting in the release of action potentials is not much different than experience of pain in biological systems.
In an electrical network, when a breaker overheats it trips the breaker and shuts the system down. This is very nuch aking to a blow to a person’s head and the resulting unconsciousness (shutting down the system).

The difference is experiential awareness. I see no reason why that experience cannot be copied in artificial systems. It would be different but resulting in the same response.