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I don't see any requirement for a quantum theory element for consciousness to work. I also don't agree that we don't know what it is.
If the brain has such elements, you must remember that it's purely by chance, and there may very well be other ways to have similar functionality.
We do have the advantage when trying to create a strong AI, that we are not nearly as energy or space restricted as nature, when trying to create it.
It can weigh a ton and take a megawatt to run, and we will still call it a success.
The idea that the uncertainty principle is a requirement for free will is nonsense. But so is most of the debate about free will, because most can't agree on how to define it.
There is no id or whatever the fuck weird concepts religious philosophers use, which generally just means they think it can't exist without a god. And they think we have consciousness separate from the brain somehow? Because they are superstitious idiots, who think argument from ignorance counts.
Spoiler, there is no soul, and there are no gods either. Except the ones created by man.
Yet we have both consciousness and free will.
Which is it?
What?
Consciousness and free will is not the same thing.