“A robot can become truly human”
Agree
- Consciousness is just information processing
- If it acts human, it is human
- Artificial and biological aren't different fundamentally
- Advanced AI would be indistinguishable
- Humanity is about mind, not body
Disagree
- Consciousness requires biological substrate
- Simulation isn't the same as reality
- Soul or essence can't be replicated
- Human experience is embodied
- Programming isn't genuine feeling
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