Irreducible: Consciousness, Life, Computers, and Human … cover
Irreducible: Consciousness, Life, Computers, and Human …
by Federico Faggin
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rglover · 2026-06-03 · Original thread
Why is this even up for debate? Simplified, it's just probabilistic math being run at an insane scale over a massive data set.

Highly recommend people read Irreducible [1] by Federico Faggin (inventor of first commercial CPU; discusses limitations of classical computing).

[1] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/195480862-irreducible