Turing-Computability Excludes Phenomenal Consciousness: A Derivation from the NEMS No-Emulation and SIAM Theorems, with Implications for Large Language Models
Derived from two machine-checked theorems in the NEMS (No External Model Selection) framework, we show that no Turing-computable system can satisfy the structural conditions for phenomenal consciousness; large language models are a special case. The argument uses diagonal-capability of the physical universe (weaker tha...