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  1. irenaeus · · focus · HN ↗
    I will believe that an AI model is conscious when someone runs a simulation of water on a GPU that can make someone wet.

    Consciousness is a physical phenomenon and only emerges from a specific set of substrates. Intelligence != consciousness.

    1. anamexis · · focus · HN ↗
      What is the specific set of substrates?
      1. irenaeus · · focus · HN ↗
        Roughly, a brain like the one that is in your skull. Just because I can't off hand describe the physical composition of a brain doesn't mean it's not obviously different from the physical composition of a GPU.
        1. ball_of_lint · · focus · HN ↗
          Why that particular substrate instead of a slightly narrower one? Like that would include you and your family but not animals like octopi, dolphins, etc?
          1. irenaeus · · focus · HN ↗
            Who says I don't include octopi or dolphins?
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