We participate in metaphorical cyberspace when we use the internet. Does anyone imagine that there is a literal domain of cyberspace where it would be possible for a disembodied consciousness directly to perceive n-dimensional spaces, mathematical waves, energies and probabilities? (pp. 221-222)
The fantasy premise of this story is that human awe towards any phenomenon transforms that phenomenon into a conscious deity. Thus, this computer is conscious not because computers are conscious - they are not - but because human awe is deifying/divinizing/godding it. I think.
Kaor, Paul!
ReplyDeleteWhereas, of course, the Christian view is that God is the infinitely transcendent Other who created the universe and cares about His creation.
Ad astra! Sean