> Inside the machine, it's just a lot of 1s and 0s.
And inside reality, we're just a lot of vibrating strings. I don't see any meaningful difference what the fundamental constituents of reality are.
"Real" is simply a relation between perceived and perceiver.
> Physical systems aren't about anything, and don't represent anything on their own. It's the entire problem of intentionality.
By your own argument, 1s and 0s aren't "about anything" either, they're just as devoid of intentionality anything "truly real".
