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    Quote Originally Posted by AProudLefty View Post
    It reacts to environment. That's all.
    As does consciousness.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BidenPresident View Post
    As does consciousness.
    As Descartes would say: "I think, therefore I am". Philosophers have been debating about personal identity for a long time. See Ship of Theseus.

    Those robots in this video react to the environment. Do you think they are real people?


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    Quote Originally Posted by AProudLefty View Post
    As Descartes would say: "I think, therefore I am". Philosophers have been debating about personal identity for a long time. See Ship of Theseus.

    Those robots in this video react to the environment. Do you think they are real people?

    Descartes thought subjectivity was necessary for thought. He never proved it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AProudLefty View Post
    It is my opinion that an AI structure can never be conscious, aka having a personal identity.
    Agreed on “built”. Perhaps grown…genetically enhanced apes to be slaves ala’ Planet of the Apes.
    God bless America and those who defend our Constitution.

    "Hatred is a failure of imagination" - Graham Greene, "The Power and the Glory"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dutch Uncle View Post
    Agreed on “built”. Perhaps grown…genetically enhanced apes to be slaves ala’ Planet of the Apes.
    That one I can go with. After all we have them in common with us.

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