“Robots will eventually experience consciousness”
Agree
- Consciousness is just computation
- Technology advances exponentially
- Brain is biological machine
- AI already shows emergence
- Matter can become aware
Disagree
- Consciousness requires soul
- Simulation isn't real feeling
- Something special about biology
- Chinese room argument
- Programming isn't experiencing
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