• zed_proclaimer [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    5 months ago

    Every computer on earth isn’t made out of human brain cells. We don’t know that computers can be sentient, we know for a fact that human brains are

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      The fact that these are human nerve cells really feels unimportant, pretty much any collection has the potential for consciousness.

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        Again, we know for a fact human brain cells can form sentient consciousness. This has never been demonstrated with computers. There is a fundamental difference, even if you don’t understand why

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          Oh sorry I meant any collection of nerves. While I do consider sentience to be possible with any arbitrary substrate, I was referring to the fact that loads of other animals are clearly aware and can suffer. That was poor communication on my part.