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Re:Artificial intelligence is not conscious – Ted Chiang by suddenlybananas on Thursday June 04, 2026 @12:16PM (#48400790)
Let's say I insist that rocks are conscious and I ask you to disprove that. How would you go about doing that? It's a genuine question.

I assume that we both think rocks are not conscious, but I'm genuinely unsure of how one could prove this.

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Re:Artificial intelligence is not conscious – Ted Chiang by Jtarii on Thursday June 04, 2026 @01:18PM (#48401678)
I would agree that a rock is not sentient, but determining whether or not it is conscious would require a definition of consciousness and a machine that could test for it.
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