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Is Watson conscious?

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05-27-2016 1:54 PM 		Reply to: Message 19 by Tangle
05-27-2016 1:10 PM

Re: Watson seems very close to conscious if not sentient.
Tangle writes:
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Ultimately I'm going to say if it's soft, squidgy, wet and messy inside and tries to bite you when you open its lid, it's natural. Everything else is artificial so we know.
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That definition will work for the remainder of my natural life. After that, it's going to get properly difficult.
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Ah, I see. So you are planning on getting "vastened", as described in Frederik Pohl's Heechee Saga books.
- xongsmith, 5.7d
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