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VeganPizzaPie t1_j9n67wt wrote

Given human experience and consciousness arises in 86 billion neurons of our biological brains, there's no reason to think it won't arise in machine brains ultimately. That Wolfram believes in essentialist fluff is disappointing but not surprising. People will keep pretending humans are impossibly unique until they aren't. It's hubris and a poverty of imagination.

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cancolak OP t1_j9ommzj wrote

Like I said above, maybe I didn’t word that part well enough. You can check out my reply there for more detail.

What wolfram believes however is definitely not essentialist fluff. He also absolutely doesn’t believe that humans are unique or special in any way. In fact, he thinks nothing is special at all but that everything is subjective. I suggest you read the article before you dismiss it.

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