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1. insin · 1791023739 · focus · HN ↗

   I wrote “I am alive” on a piece of paper, and placed it into a photocopier. What I saw next has shocking implications (science.org)

   1. j-pb · 1791025308 · focus · HN ↗

      This is such a stupid "gotcha". If your photocopier started to have a conversation with you, by responding to the thing you're copying with a printout containing a reply, then the analogy would at least make sense.

      1. [deleted] · 1791025723 · focus · HN ↗

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      2. insin · 1791026460 · focus · HN ↗

         It's not a gotcha, the article is based on a bunch of people Eliza-ing themselves on - as one person quoted within says - "…software programs doing what they are programmed to do."

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         1. j-pb · 1791052534 · focus · HN ↗

            "programmed" everything is just hydrogen you left alone for a couple billion years.

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