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Re:Project Genie: Experimenting with infinite, interactive w... by namanyayg on Friday January 30, 2026 @09:24PM (#46832714)
That's a fair point. I envision this as the difference between an electron interacting with the proton or an acid reacting with the base vs me touching my keyboard. Do you feel there's a difference there?
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Re:Project Genie: Experimenting with infinite, interactive w... by ghtbircshotbe on Saturday January 31, 2026 @02:42PM (#46840027)
I don't know what consciousness is or how to talk about it. But at a basic level I don't believe there is a category of phenomena separate from the physical world or inaccessible to the scientific method; and if there were I don't know how you would say anything meaningful about them. I am however willing to believe that rocks are not conscious.
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