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Re:Can AI Become Conscious? by charliemil4 on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @10:01PM (#23162625)
I forget who said it - and it's probably somewhere tucked in these comments, but paraphrasing...

If one were to simulate every drop of rain, gust of wind, and tidal current of a hurricane, to ultimate perfection, would you say the processor is wet?

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Re:Can AI Become Conscious? by taneq on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @05:22AM (#23165043)
Well, no, but you'd say the simulated environment absolutely is wet.
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Re:Can AI Become Conscious? by neuralzen on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @11:41PM (#23163239)
This is the "Mary's Room" thought experiment which explores the nature of qualia. - The CPU analogy is a nice one though!
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