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Re:Google Suspends Engineer Who Claimed Its AI System Is a P... by jameshart on Sunday June 12, 2022 @10:04PM (#31720191)
Yes, this would be the 'meat is magic' argument: That there's something mystical that enables biochemical systems to do 'consciousness' in a way that mere silicon+software can't.

I certainly understand that some people think this. I just don't understand what basis anyone has for believing it with certainty.

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Re:Google Suspends Engineer Who Claimed Its AI System Is a P... by kareemsabri on Monday June 13, 2022 @03:33AM (#31722383)
No it isn't. I did not appeal to biochemical matter in my explanation whatsoever. The question is why the laptop doesn't but add more silicon and software and somehow it does. I would need a reason to think that line has been crossed.
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