Formal programs realizable in multiple media
The same formal program could be realized in a digital computer in a human brain, in beer cans, and toilet paper or any number of physical implementations. The program is defined soley in terms fo its formal syntactic structure.

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It's mode of physical implementation is irrelevant.

Note: For more multiple realizability arguments, see the "Can functional states generate consciousness?" argumentation on Map 6, and sidebox "Formal Systems: an Overview" on Map 7.

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Artificial Intelligence »Artificial Intelligence
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Can computers think? [1] »Can computers think? [1]
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Yes: because a brain is a computer »Yes: because a brain is a computer
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Nothing is intrinsically a digital computer »Nothing is intrinsically a digital computer
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Formal programs realizable in multiple media
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