Re:“Computers enable fantasies” – the continued relevance of...
by birracerveza on Friday January 27, 2023 @11:04AM
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Exactly. Can you explain it humans? No, yet you assume they're conscious.
In animals? No, yet you assume they're conscious, while acknowledging their "consciousness" is vastly different than humans. Same reasoning applies with AIs.
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Re:“Computers enable fantasies” – the continued relevance of...
by labrador on Friday January 27, 2023 @11:44AM
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I think therefore I am. I am aware of being conscious and thinking thoughts. I don't know if others are conscious. Maybe others are robots (Kurt Vonnegut - Breakfast of Champions). Maybe others are NPCs (non-player characters). This is the modern way of calling people robots. Kurt Vonnegut's solution was to find someone who has a creative spirit, an artist that has a light within them (soul.)