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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. raldi · 1791024151 · focus · HN ↗

      If you lived in the world of Star Trek, could Data convince you he was conscious? How?

      1. ACCount39 · 1791024374 · focus · HN ↗

         It's funny how sci-fi has mulled over the exact scenario for decades, and even converged to an answer - but when reality came knocking and it was no longer a far off future world hypothetical, all of it was forgotten overnight.

         The power of wishful thinking is too strong. "Today's AI can't be conscious because I don't want it to be."

         1. ThrowawayR2 · 1791132264 · focus · HN ↗

            Sci-fi has mulled space travel for decades too and converged to an answer that we will be zipping around the galaxy using FTL hyperdrives, landing on alien planets that conveniently happen to have a breathable atmosphere and no weird diseases, and finding sapient species that coincidentally look exactly like humans in funny makeup. So much for sci-fi.

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