Kyle Harrison
to-read
Irreducible
Irreducible: Consciousness, Life, Computers, and Human Nature
- Author
- Federico Faggin
- Published
- 2024
- Pages
- 392
- Recommended
- Once
Why it’s on the list: The man who designed the Intel 4004 arguing that consciousness is not computation — that the thing he spent a career building cannot in principle produce the thing he is now studying.
Where I saw it: Recommended by @packyM on X (March 3, 2025): “The more I read, the more I think the materialist paradigm is on its last legs. Bring back the magic.”
Connections
- Intel — where Faggin designed the 4004.
- Artificial Intelligence — the claim the book is arguing against.
- Packy McCormick — the recommender.