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Re:Decades-long bet on consciousness ends – it’s philosopher... by amelius on Saturday June 24, 2023 @12:09PM (#36459875)
> consciousness may not be a necessarily condition for advanced life

This will probably be shown true when silicon-based life takes over.

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Re:Decades-long bet on consciousness ends – it’s philosopher... by rozab on Saturday June 24, 2023 @02:12PM (#36461167)
Indeed! I won't spoil it, but there's some very prescient ideas about what are essentially LLMs and how they behave
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