https://panditha.com/tags/computing/ Recent content in Computing on Panditha Hugo en Sun, 12 Apr 2026 21:00:33 +1100 https://panditha.com/posts/randomness-and-consciousness/ Sun, 12 Apr 2026 21:00:33 +1100 https://panditha.com/posts/randomness-and-consciousness/ <p>Discussions about artificial general intelligence often drift into comparisons with the human brain. People talk about neurons, biology, evolution, or quantum effects in the brain. While these are fascinating topics, they also introduce a large amount of uncertainty because we still do not fully understand how consciousness works in biological systems. If we want to reason clearly, it can be useful to temporarily set biology aside and focus on something we <em>do</em> understand very well: computers.</p>