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cameroncowan comments on [LINK] Could a Quantum Computer Have Subjective Experience? - Less Wrong Discussion

16 Post author: shminux 26 August 2014 06:55PM

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Comment author: cameroncowan 28 August 2014 07:38:35PM 0 points [-]

But writing the proof and reading it is communication.

Comment author: calef 28 August 2014 10:52:31PM 0 points [-]

"Reading it" is akin to "having perfect information about the full density matrix of the system". You don't have to perturb the system to get information out of it.