[ImStuckInTime]

> However, my point is that it is an arbitrary choice.

It does not have to be arbitrary though. We could go by the Turing test. If some text-to-speech could clear it i would believe what it said.

[reuben364]

But you are choosing to use the Turing test, which tests a form of intelligence, as a proxy to determine whether to believe the claim. A Turing test does not preclude philosophical zombies. It does not demonstrate anything about consciousness.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophical_zombie