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Re:Is artificial consciousness achievable? Lessons from the ... by IshKebab on Sunday May 19, 2024 @01:51PM (#40408511)
It stems from the belief that only humans have a soul. Here's an example:

https://www.christianforums.com/threads/animals-dont-have-fe...

I think that view has changed a lot over the last few decades but certainly 30 years ago it was pretty common.

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Re:Is artificial consciousness achievable? Lessons from the ... by anon291 on Monday May 20, 2024 @02:14AM (#40412789)
This is not a Christian belief, Augustine and Aquinas (among others) openly believed animals, plants, even stones, had souls. A lot of mistakes regarding Christian theology is people mistaking something they heard '30 years ago' with a millennia old religion
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Re:Is artificial consciousness achievable? Lessons from the ... by IshKebab on Monday May 20, 2024 @02:38AM (#40412921)
I didn't mean it was an official position of the Church, just one that a lot of Christians have (or at least had fairly recently). Let's not no-true-Scotsman this.
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Re:Is artificial consciousness achievable? Lessons from the ... by anon291 on Monday May 20, 2024 @10:44AM (#40416078)
You brought up Christians, not me. Was it meant as a serious claim, or just casual bigotry?
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Re:Is artificial consciousness achievable? Lessons from the ... by IshKebab on Monday May 20, 2024 @03:10PM (#40419016)
Err yes I did bring it up and it was a serious claim. I'm not sure what your problem with it is tbh.
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Re:Is artificial consciousness achievable? Lessons from the ... by anon291 on Monday May 20, 2024 @07:52PM (#40422152)
The thread you posted is one guy who says animals don't have feelings and asking for a Bible verse to support it and a bunch of responders pointing out that animals obviously have feelings.
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