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Quantum computation and the conscious machine —the reason why computers will never be smarter than people

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Marcer, P.J. Quantum computation and the conscious machine —the reason why computers will never be smarter than people. AI & Soc 6, 88–93 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02472772

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