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Is Watson conscious?

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Topic: Is Watson conscious?

New Cat's Eye

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Message 25 of 42 (785069)
05-27-2016 2:07 PM

Reply to: Message 24 by nwr
05-27-2016 2:01 PM

Is sentience necessary to being conscious?

I think it is necessary.

I'd put it the other way:

Consciousness is necessary to being sentient.

Sentience > Consciousness

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New Cat's Eye

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Message 31 of 42 (785162)
05-28-2016 12:02 PM

Reply to: Message 29 by caffeine
05-28-2016 9:33 AM

Re: Bit of definition

I'd consider sentience and consciousness to be synonyms.

Sentience is more that just consciousness, it involves subjectivity and requires more thinking than just being aware.

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